Pakistan Stamps & Postal History 1947 - 1961 An extensive
collection mounted upon 445 exhibition pages, presented as a
detailed study of
Pakistan Stamps & Postal History 1947 - 1961 An extensive
collection mounted upon 445 exhibition pages, presented as a
detailed study of the stamps, postal stationery and overprints used
from independence in August 1947 through to the issue of the
decimal currency overprints in 1961 and the locals in use during
that period. Constructed over several decades the collection has
been carefully organised into ten specialised exhibits which run
together to illustrate the numerous nuances from one district to
another, as well as providing a detailed oversight of the evolution
of the Pakistan Postal System and its stamps and postal history.
The structure is; Volumes 1 & 2: the 1947 Ordinary, illustrating
the use of British India stamps which were overprinted a few weeks
into their use, with pages dedicated to districts; Azad Kashmir,
Badomali, Bannu, Charsadda, Hyderabad, Jhelum, Chakwal, Khewra,
Kohat, Lyallpur, Mansahra, Multan, Nowshera, Quetta, Rawalpindi,
Shujabad, Bahawalpur (pre-accession & state), Baghdad, Bara Fort,
Quaid, Nasik, Peshawar (including City) and Karachi. Volume 3:
Pakistan Partition Postal Stationery, with 40 pages illustrating
unused and used registered stationery, cards, envelopes, air letter
sheets and airmail envelopes. Volumes 4 & 5: Service stamps
similarly covering the districts. Volumes 6, 7 & 8: Locals,
covering districts; Attock, Bannu (Lakki Marwat), Dadu, Dera Ismail
Khan (Tank), Gujranwala, Hazara, Jhelum, Kalat & Kharan, Mirpur
Khas (Umarkot & Shujabad), Nawabshah (Naushahro), Peshawar
(Charsadda), Quetta (Harnai), Rawalpindi, Sanghar (Shahdadpur &
Bhalwal / Shahpur), Tharparkar (Jamesabad), Thatta (Ladiun & Mirpur
Sakro / Mirpur Bathoro), Karachi, Khairpur Mirs, Kohat (Hangu),
Lahore (Mughalpura), Mardan, Mastung (Machine Prints), Volume 9:
1961 East Pakistan, covering districts; Barisal, Chittagong, Dacca,
Dinajpur (Thakurgaon), Mymersingh, Khulna (Satkhira), Sylhet
(Chandpur Bagon), Tippera (Shilmuri) and Hat Krishnapur. Volume 10:
1961 Surcharges, covering; decimal currency overprints, Security
Printing Karachi, Forgeries & Errors and The Times Press. Noted;
rare Mustung Machine Prints 9 Paisa on 1½ a. SERVICE stamp with
variety ‘Overprint Inverted’ a used example and a very scarce
Hazara District Mansehra provisional two-line handstamp on 3½ a.
tied to a registered cover (also 2 on piece). A number of discovery
pieces, including; Tippera District - Shilmuri machine overprint 6
Paisa on 1 a.; Faridpur District - Hat Krishnapur 25 Paisa on 4 a.
and Sylhet District - Chandpur Bagon with large irregular boxed
handstamp in Bengali script in purple on 8 a. Also, an unrecorded
manuscript 6 Paisa surcharge in green ink on a vertical pair of
SERVICE 1 a. tied to a Multan RMS envelope to Karachi and an
unrecorded variety on a 1 a. red Rawalpindi surcharged with 7 Paisa
in purple. An unofficial manuscript Pakistan on a stationery 1½ a.
envelope uprated and sent registered from Jhelum to Lahore dated 12
April 1948 and a 1940 14 a. airmail envelope unused with overprint
error PAKISTAN in black (Nasik), among many others. A broad range
of values, frankings, combinations and postmarks, together with
numerous overprint varieties. Condition is mixed in places, as is
the case with mail from this area, however many fine examples. A
unique assembly
