Bamra: the Collector’s Checklist
Every Bamra issue and value, 21 entries, with pictures where available and a box to tick for each stamp you have.
Updated August 3, 2026
A checklist of Bamra’s stamps for collectors: every issue and value in the research checklist, 21 entries, with a picture for 3 of them. Tick the box for each stamp you have. Official stamps are not listed, and neither are the shades, papers, perforations, settings and errors of each issue, which need a specialist catalogue. Catalogue numbers are Stanley Gibbons (SG), or Scott or a published handbook where the research gives no SG number; a blank means no number from a published catalogue has been confirmed. Print the page, or keep it open while you sort your stamps.
The history of the state and its stamps is in Bamra: Stamps and Postal History.
1888–1890 · First typeset issue
| Picture | Value | Catalogue | Have |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ¼ anna | ☐ | |
| ½ anna | ☐ | ||
| 1 anna | ☐ | ||
| 2 annas | ☐ | ||
| 4 annas | ☐ | ||
| 8 annas | ☐ |
1890, attributed · First design, small resettings (reprint / reset)
| Picture | Value | Catalogue | Have |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ anna | ☐ | ||
| ½ anna | ☐ |
1891, recorded · First design, twenty-subject reprints (reprint)
| Picture | Value | Catalogue | Have |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ anna | ☐ | ||
| ½ anna | ☐ | ||
| 1 anna | ☐ | ||
| 2 annas | ☐ | ||
| 4 annas | ☐ | ||
| 8 annas | ☐ |
July 1890–1894 · Framed Feudatory State design
| Picture | Value | Catalogue | Have |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ¼ anna | ☐ | |
![]() | ½ anna | ☐ | |
| 1 anna | ☐ | ||
| 2 annas | ☐ | ||
| 4 annas | ☐ | ||
| 8 annas | ☐ | ||
| 1 rupee | ☐ |
Pictures: historical stamps, public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, auction and dealer records and other sources recorded in the research. A picture shows the design and value; it does not identify the shade, paper or printing of your copy.
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