Jammu and Kashmir: Follow the Paper, Question the Impression
The Dogra state ran its own posts from 1866 to 1894: Jammu’s circulars, the provincial Old Rectangulars, the common New Rectangulars, the rulers, a chronology and the checklist.
Jammu and Kashmir
The circular stamps of 1866, the Old and New Rectangulars of Jammu and Srinagar, and the end of the state post in 1894.
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Jammu and Kashmir’s State Post, the Resident’s Dak and the 1894 Takeover
Visitors’ mail before stamps, the Resident’s Dak rules of March 1867, the half-English-postage charges, mountain routes, overseas covers and the amalgamation with the Imperial post in 1894.
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The Common New Rectangulars of Jammu and Kashmir, 1878–1894
From circulars to the joint New Rectangulars: Rahat Ju’s plates, the Jammu and Srinagar printings, papers and sheet watermarks, printed dots and real perforations, and the black official printings.
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The Jammu and Kashmir Quarter-Anna Postal Card and the State’s Postmarks
The quarter-anna card of 1883 printed at the Ranbir Prakash Press: four settings, laid and wove papers, the black official card, essays and museum impressions; then seals, obliterators and the three-ring system.
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Jammu and Kashmir Forgeries, Reprints, Remainders and Defaced Dies
The Brighton forgeries, the engraver’s specimen book, characters beside the rivets, the defacement of 1898 and later impressions, and how to build a collection on observable evidence.
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Jammu: the Circular Dies and the Old Rectangulars, 1866–1878
Jammu’s provincial stamps: relay runners and the Dāk Zarūrī, the octagonal frank, the three circular dies ordered in Samvat 1922, the four-subject Old Rectangular plate, papers, inks and reprints.
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Jammu Covers, the Iron-Mine Seal and the Sialkot Exchange
A six-anna cover of 1877, the iron-quarries seal and the disputed seal provisional, the U/26 obliterator, the State post office at Sialkot, registered covers to Amritsar and postage-due marks.
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Jammu: the 1890 Agreement, the Railway, the Takeover and the Remainders
The 1890 agreement with the Imperial post, the Sialkot–Jammu railway, Tavi and Nowanshahr, the traffic of 1880–81, money orders, the 1894 amalgamation, the Simons remainders and Scott’s 2009 listing.
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Kashmir: Srinagar’s Old Rectangulars, 1866–1878
The Kashmir provincial stamps of Srinagar: Rahat Ju and his specimen book, the half-anna single die of 1866, five implements and 38 subjects, mixed-value plates, papers, reprints and false dies.
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Kashmir: Visitors’ Mail, the Murree Route and Srinagar’s Covers
Visitors’ letters before stamps, Srinagar’s octagonal franks, the visitor concession of 1867, Cracroft’s account of the exchange, the seasonal Indian office, the Majjoo postmasters and combination covers.
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Jammu and Kashmir: the Collector’s Checklist
Every Jammu and Kashmir issue and value, 52 entries, with pictures where available and a box to tick for each stamp you have.
