First Issues - 1861 to 1864

page 6.3


The full list of Indian states is:

Convention: Chamba (1886), Faridkot (1887), Gwalior (1885), Jind (1885), Nabha (1885), Patiala (1885).

Feudatory: Alwar (1877), Bamra (1888), Barwani (1921), Bhopal (1876), Bhor (1879), Bijawar (1935), Bundi (1894), Bussahir (or Bashahr) (1896), Charkari (1894), Cochin (1892), Datia or Duttia (1893), Dhar (1897), Faridkot (1879), Hyderabad (1869), Idar (1939), Indore (1886), Jaipur (1904), Jammu and Kashmir (1866), Jasdan (1942), Jhalawar (1887), Jind (1874), Kishengarh (1899), Las Bela (1897), Morvi (1931), Nandgaon or Rajnandgaon (1893), Nowanugger (1877), Orchha (1913), Poonch (1876), Rajasthan (1949), Rajpipla (1880) plus Dungarpur (1933), Sirmoor (1879), Soruth (1864), Travancore (1888), Travancore-Cochin (1949), Wadhwan (1888).

Faridkot and Jind appear in both lists. And don’t forget Scinde (1852).


St. Vincent

St Vincent SG1 Sc1 St Vincent SG142 Sc134 St Vincent SG602 S537 St Vincent SG574 ScB1 St Vincent 1982 SG-O1 Sc-O1
8th May 1861
SG1 Sc1
Commemorative
1935 SG142 Sc134
Silver Jubilee
Airmail
1979 SG602 Sc537
Charity
1979 SG574 Sc-B1
for victims of the eruption of Mt. Soufrière
Official
1982 SG-O1 Sc-O1

St Vincen SG603 Sc569
First issue after independence
1979 SG603 Sc569

West Indian St. Vincent’s first issue (8th May 1861) is the 1d; the ½d stamps in orange and green were issued in 1881 and 1884. Mackay identifies a 1979 airmail (it is overprinted ‘Air Service’), but Scott does not list any specific airmail stamps. St. Vincent became independent in 1979. A glance at St. Vincent’s stamps in the current century makes it clear that is more interested in selling sticky paper to collectors than delivering letters. These include an embroidered stamp in 2003 (SG Sc3095), but the first of this type was Swiss (2000, SG, Sc1075), followed by Austria, Brazil and others, they are becoming commonplace: this might be worth another digression.


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