Two Old Album Pages of Indian Princely State Stamps

Two old album pages of Indian Princely States including

Cochin, Travancore, Hyderabad and Indore, with details below.

2 Old Postage Stamps of Sirmoor-Indian Princely States

Shown below are 2 stamps issued in Sirmoor between 1885 and 1896
They show a portrait of the Raja Shamsher Parkash (who died in 1898)
The Set consisted of values of 3 pies, 6 pies, 1 anna and 2 anna in orange,
blue-green, bright-blue and pink with some varieties in colour. There were

also some variations in printing the dots between the value and the

beginning and end of the words Sirmoor State Postage Stamp showing variation
In size and position. The examples illustrated here are of the large and even spaced

dot variety.

2 Old Postage Stamps of Soruth-Indian Princely States

Illustrated below are two stamps issued in the Feudatory Indian State of
Soruth. They are imperfs on laid paper issued between 1878 and 1886. The

only values issued were the 1 anna (green) and the 4 anna (vermilion) shown

here

Stamps of the Princely States of India-Hyderabad

Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, 10th Nizam of Hyderabad, GCSI, GBE, Royal Victorian Chain, MP (6 April 1886 - 24 January 1967). Granted the style of His Exalted Highness (1 January 1918), the title of Faithful Ally of the British Government (24 January 1918) and Nizam of Hyderabad and of Berar (13 November 1936). The last of the ruling Nizams; ruled absolutely from 31 August 1911 - 19 September 1948, when the state was formally annexed to the Union of India.

While many of the stamps of Hyderabad were variations on the seal of the Nizam in 1937 a small series was issued showing some of the government buildings of Hyderabad in honour of the last Nizam's silver jubilee. The values were 4 pies,8 pies, 1 anna and 4 annas. This small series of 4 stamps is reproduced below. (to enlarge please click on the illustrations then back page to return to the blog).