The overprinted stamps of the Rajasthan Union: Bundi, Jaipur, Kishangarh and Shahpura stamps marked RAJASTHAN, 1948–1950.
Rajasthan united the Rajputana states in stages from 1948. Bundi, Jaipur, Kishangarh and Shahpura stamps were overprinted RAJASTHAN until the posts joined India on 1 April 1950.
Bundi stamps handstamped or machine-overprinted RAJASTHAN in 1948–49: violet, blue and black handstamps, Stoney’s measurements, Congreve’s reconstruction of the black overprint, sheet numbers and the SG 11–14 values.
Jaipur stamps overprinted RAJASTHAN from 26 January 1950, Kishangarh arms and portraits handstamped in red and blue, the Shahpura postal-fiscal, the makers of the base stamps and the limits of each attribution.
The notices of March 1950 that closed the inherited State posts, the officials who signed them, savings banks, staff and accounts, the new Indian tariff, and what taxed covers of early April show.
The half-anna local postcard rate from 11 April 1950, a second invalidation of Jaipur stock in May, LOCAL labels, the end of the concession in April 1951, Jaipur-type postmarks to 1961 and the remainders.
Every Rajasthan issue and value, 34 entries, with pictures where available and a box to tick for each stamp you have.
