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Pakistan Stamps & Postal History 1947 - 1961 An extensive
collection ...more Pakistan Stamps & Postal History 1947 - 1961 An extensive collection mounted upon 445 exhibition pages, presented as a detailed study of the stamps, postal stationery and overprints used from independence in August 1947 through to the issue of the decimal currency overprints in 1961 and the locals in use during that period. Constructed over several decades the collection has been carefully organised into ten specialised exhibits which run together to illustrate the numerous nuances from one district to another, as well as providing a detailed oversight of the evolution of the Pakistan Postal System and its stamps and postal history. The structure is; Volumes 1 & 2: the 1947 Ordinary, illustrating the use of British India stamps which were overprinted a few weeks into their use, with pages dedicated to districts; Azad Kashmir, Badomali, Bannu, Charsadda, Hyderabad, Jhelum, Chakwal, Khewra, Kohat, Lyallpur, Mansahra, Multan, Nowshera, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Shujabad, Bahawalpur (pre-accession & state), Baghdad, Bara Fort, Quaid, Nasik, Peshawar (including City) and Karachi. Volume 3: Pakistan Partition Postal Stationery, with 40 pages illustrating unused and used registered stationery, cards, envelopes, air letter sheets and airmail envelopes. Volumes 4 & 5: Service stamps similarly covering the districts. Volumes 6, 7 & 8: Locals, covering districts; Attock, Bannu (Lakki Marwat), Dadu, Dera Ismail Khan (Tank), Gujranwala, Hazara, Jhelum, Kalat & Kharan, Mirpur Khas (Umarkot & Shujabad), Nawabshah (Naushahro), Peshawar (Charsadda), Quetta (Harnai), Rawalpindi, Sanghar (Shahdadpur & Bhalwal / Shahpur), Tharparkar (Jamesabad), Thatta (Ladiun & Mirpur Sakro / Mirpur Bathoro), Karachi, Khairpur Mirs, Kohat (Hangu), Lahore (Mughalpura), Mardan, Mastung (Machine Prints), Volume 9: 1961 East Pakistan, covering districts; Barisal, Chittagong, Dacca, Dinajpur (Thakurgaon), Mymersingh, Khulna (Satkhira), Sylhet (Chandpur Bagon), Tippera (Shilmuri) and Hat Krishnapur. Volume 10: 1961 Surcharges, covering; decimal currency overprints, Security Printing Karachi, Forgeries & Errors and The Times Press. Noted; rare Mustung Machine Prints 9 Paisa on 1½ a. SERVICE stamp with variety ‘Overprint Inverted’ a used example and a very scarce Hazara District Mansehra provisional two-line handstamp on 3½ a. tied to a registered cover (also 2 on piece). A number of discovery pieces, including; Tippera District - Shilmuri machine overprint 6 Paisa on 1 a.; Faridpur District - Hat Krishnapur 25 Paisa on 4 a. and Sylhet District - Chandpur Bagon with large irregular boxed handstamp in Bengali script in purple on 8 a. Also, an unrecorded manuscript 6 Paisa surcharge in green ink on a vertical pair of SERVICE 1 a. tied to a Multan RMS envelope to Karachi and an unrecorded variety on a 1 a. red Rawalpindi surcharged with 7 Paisa in purple. An unofficial manuscript Pakistan on a stationery 1½ a. envelope uprated and sent registered from Jhelum to Lahore dated 12 April 1948 and a 1940 14 a. airmail envelope unused with overprint error PAKISTAN in black (Nasik), among many others. A broad range of values, frankings, combinations and postmarks, together with numerous overprint varieties. Condition is mixed in places, as is the case with mail from this area, however many fine examples. A unique assembly
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collection ...more Pakistan Stamps & Postal History 1947 - 1961 An extensive collection mounted upon 445 exhibition pages, presented as a detailed study of the stamps, postal stationery and overprints used from independence in August 1947 through to the issue of the decimal currency overprints in 1961 and the locals in use during that period. Constructed over several decades the collection has been carefully organised into ten specialised exhibits which run together to illustrate the numerous nuances from one district to another, as well as providing a detailed oversight of the evolution of the Pakistan Postal System and its stamps and postal history. The structure is; Volumes 1 & 2: the 1947 Ordinary, illustrating the use of British India stamps which were overprinted a few weeks into their use, with pages dedicated to districts; Azad Kashmir, Badomali, Bannu, Charsadda, Hyderabad, Jhelum, Chakwal, Khewra, Kohat, Lyallpur, Mansahra, Multan, Nowshera, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Shujabad, Bahawalpur (pre-accession & state), Baghdad, Bara Fort, Quaid, Nasik, Peshawar (including City) and Karachi. Volume 3: Pakistan Partition Postal Stationery, with 40 pages illustrating unused and used registered stationery, cards, envelopes, air letter sheets and airmail envelopes. Volumes 4 & 5: Service stamps similarly covering the districts. Volumes 6, 7 & 8: Locals, covering districts; Attock, Bannu (Lakki Marwat), Dadu, Dera Ismail Khan (Tank), Gujranwala, Hazara, Jhelum, Kalat & Kharan, Mirpur Khas (Umarkot & Shujabad), Nawabshah (Naushahro), Peshawar (Charsadda), Quetta (Harnai), Rawalpindi, Sanghar (Shahdadpur & Bhalwal / Shahpur), Tharparkar (Jamesabad), Thatta (Ladiun & Mirpur Sakro / Mirpur Bathoro), Karachi, Khairpur Mirs, Kohat (Hangu), Lahore (Mughalpura), Mardan, Mastung (Machine Prints), Volume 9: 1961 East Pakistan, covering districts; Barisal, Chittagong, Dacca, Dinajpur (Thakurgaon), Mymersingh, Khulna (Satkhira), Sylhet (Chandpur Bagon), Tippera (Shilmuri) and Hat Krishnapur. Volume 10: 1961 Surcharges, covering; decimal currency overprints, Security Printing Karachi, Forgeries & Errors and The Times Press. Noted; rare Mustung Machine Prints 9 Paisa on 1½ a. SERVICE stamp with variety ‘Overprint Inverted’ a used example and a very scarce Hazara District Mansehra provisional two-line handstamp on 3½ a. tied to a registered cover (also 2 on piece). A number of discovery pieces, including; Tippera District - Shilmuri machine overprint 6 Paisa on 1 a.; Faridpur District - Hat Krishnapur 25 Paisa on 4 a. and Sylhet District - Chandpur Bagon with large irregular boxed handstamp in Bengali script in purple on 8 a. Also, an unrecorded manuscript 6 Paisa surcharge in green ink on a vertical pair of SERVICE 1 a. tied to a Multan RMS envelope to Karachi and an unrecorded variety on a 1 a. red Rawalpindi surcharged with 7 Paisa in purple. An unofficial manuscript Pakistan on a stationery 1½ a. envelope uprated and sent registered from Jhelum to Lahore dated 12 April 1948 and a 1940 14 a. airmail envelope unused with overprint error PAKISTAN in black (Nasik), among many others. A broad range of values, frankings, combinations and postmarks, together with numerous overprint varieties. Condition is mixed in places, as is the case with mail from this area, however many fine examples. A unique assembly
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