Friday, October 13, 2006

Duttia First Issues







SG1 (one of four known - however only two have been seen in the last few decades), SG3, SG4, SG5 (one of two known), SG6, SG6a (perhaps unique), SG7.
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From the article "Duttia - Handstamp" by Mr. A.R. Singhee:

All the Duttia state postage stamps and postal stationary were impressed with the circular handstamp seal before issue, as a rule. The seal is about 13 mm. in diameter and has a figure of the God 'Ganeshji' in seated positionn at the centre, surrounded by an inscription "Duttia State Postage 1893" in devnagari. So far this seal has always been regarded and recorded as the seal of the Maharaja Bhawani Singh of Duttia state, but this attribution seems to be incorrect. It is evident from the Devnagiri inscription on the seal, that it was a postal sealm and probably used by the treasurer or the in-charge of the postal administration to autehnticate the postage stamps and postal stationary items.

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