Lot 43
Bahawalpur KG V 25r essay




The George Rab Collection of Bahawalpur Stamps | S24011
Auction: 26 November 2024 at 10:30 GMT
£3,600
Description
1947 local handstamp on KG V 25r affixed to card (148 x 220mm). Typewritten ‘Submitted for Approval’ at top with ‘Provisional Issue for 1947/ 13th August 1947’ beneath, two strikes of Mushir-i-Tasrifat handstamp, tick alongside the stamp and signed. A little soiled but unique, the only known 25r with Star & Crescent handstamp or overprint. PF Pakistan Certificate
Footnote
No KG VI 25rs were available in the state at the time of partition




