Lot 146
Bahawalpur 1947 rubber handstamp on Service 4a cover




The George Rab Collection of Bahawalpur Stamps | S24011
Auction: 26 November 2024 at 10:30 GMT
£540
Description
Officials. 1947 registered envelope to Islamgarh Fort bearing Service 4a with local rubber handstamp in purple, tied by oval Sadiq-Garh Registered datestamp of 5 SEP, another strike below. Uniquely, the handstamp incorporates a bar obliterating INDIA on the stamp, as with the machine overprints; the sole example recorded. A few small marks on the envelope. Sent by the Amir's Military Adviser. Ex Abid Hussain




