Sirmoor: the Rajas of Nahan, Their Stamps and the State Post
Sirmoor, the hill state of Nahan, issued its own stamps from 1879 until the Imperial post took over in 1902: inscription stamps, Waterlow portraits and elephants, and service overprints.
Sirmoor
Sirmoor’s stamps from the one pice of 1879 to the Raja’s portrait printed by Waterlow and the elephant series of 1895.
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Sirmoor’s Inscription Stamps, 1879–1893: the First Pice and the Printed Border
Sirmoor’s first stamps: the green and blue one-pice inscription stamps of 1879–80, their sheets and paper, and the redrawn issue of 1892 with a perforation border printed into the design.
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Sirmoor’s Raja Portrait, 1885–1900: Waterlow’s Seven Printings
The older Raja-head stamps lithographed by Waterlow & Sons from 1885: copper components, transfer types, seven printings, perforation 14 to 15, and why so few covers survive.
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ON S.S.S.: Sirmoor’s Service Overprints
How the On S.S.S. service marking reached Sirmoor’s portrait stamps: typeset rows, letters struck one by one, reinforced strikes and Waterlow’s overprint of 1900, and what was never issued.
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Sirmoor’s Elephant and New Portrait Stamps, 1895–1899
Waterlow’s recess-printed elephant stamps of 1895–99, the 1899 portrait whose sitter is still disputed, the Waterlow archive proofs, fiscal use and the three-pies postcard.
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Sirmoor Covers, Cancellations and the End of the State Post in 1902
Dated Sirmoor covers from Palwi, Majra and Nahan, the cancellation types, collectors’ cancels, the handover of nine offices to the Imperial post in 1902 and the Waterlow plates afterwards.
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Sirmoor: the Collector’s Checklist
Every Sirmoor issue and value, 21 entries, with pictures where available and a box to tick for each stamp you have.
