Bhor: the Pant Sachivs, Their Stamps and the State Dak
Bhor, south of Poona, ran a runners’ dak beside the Imperial post, struck two small red stamps by hand from 1879, and in 1901 issued a portrait label whose postal status is still disputed.
Bhor
Bhor’s two handstruck stamps of 1879, an oval half anna and an oblong one anna, and the labels that are not postage stamps.
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Bhor’s State Dak: Hereditary Runners Beside the Imperial Post
Runners paid in land, eight village offices or six, the belief that the post closed in 1895, the Imperial letter of 1902, and the State dak still working in 1906 and 1912.
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Bhor’s Handstruck Stamps of 1879 and the Square Fiscal Labels
The red oval half anna and oblong one anna, struck by hand on native laid paper; what their inscriptions say; the square labels of 1880–81 that were fiscal; covers of 1894 and 1897; and early forgeries.
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Bhor’s Portrait Label of 1901: Postage or Not?
The half anna portrait of Shankar Rao reported to have replaced the handstamps on 6 June 1901: its sheet of 21, the separate receipt stamp, the Poona supplier, covers of 1903 and why its postal status is still disputed.
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Bhor: the Collector’s Checklist
Every Bhor issue and value, 7 entries, with pictures where available and a box to tick for each stamp you have.
