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    Posted: 31 March 2010 at 22:30
The Indian State of Bikaner issued revenue stamps in 1880-1886 that are among my favorites.  I have quite a collection of them and from time to time a novelty appears.  Among them is this one which has an error of spelling which is most striking.   I have a theory that the ENO AHHA appears first, then was reengraved to form ENO ANNA and then finally ONE ANNA.  Here are the images which lead me to this conclusion.  I am interested in producing a monograph on these stamps would anyone care to contribute any information or images?







The normal stamps (with different dies) look like this




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Post Options Post Options   Quote Steve Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 April 2010 at 07:03
that AHHA is an interesting error.
Though I can't add anything to these particular stamps you have got me studying my small collection of Indian revenues, and appreciating them more.  My own Bikaner stamps are limited to a couple of Receipt Stamps.
It would be quite a task to identify similar errors on any non-English text, but it is likely that these were due to unfamilarity with English characters. Is that your assessment?
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Yes, the engraver was no doubt unfamiliar with English and made mistakes.   There are also varieties in the Hindi scripts on these stamps.   Anyway I like the style of printing and graphic design.
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Here is another denomination so you can see how the graphic design developed.   This stamp was used on a HUNDI which is a bill of exchange.  HUNDIs remain a major means of transferring money today.  You will note that EIGHT is spelled EICHT and that ANNAS are spelled ANAS.   Note as well how the letters in STAMPRAJBIKANIR all run together.   This layout is typical of the Hindi script and shows how that style has simply been transferred to the English.




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I got 2 quite unusual denominations recently, a 2 anna and a 1 rupee red and black. 







Also found were these fractional denominations of a quarter anna and half anna, red and black.  













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This is a neat item.  Normally we find these stamps on large format court documents, but here it is on a smaller document with a nice seal.



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And here is a photo of the place where these stamps would have been used


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Originally posted by ambrofos ambrofos wrote:


You will note that EIGHT is spelled EICHT and that ANNAS are spelled ANAS.   Note as well how the letters in STAMPRAJBIKANIR all run together.   This layout is typical of the Hindi script and shows how that style has simply been transferred to the English.


I think you are correct. Simple transliteration of the words. But that and the spelling implies that both parties to the printing were familiar enough with the sounds of the individual letters in most cases they were unfamilar with the written words themselves. Could they speak but not write English? There is much that can be inferred from thedevelopment of these stamps.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Colin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 November 2011 at 00:25
These stamps are fascinating. I have quite a collection of Indian Revenues and for a wide range of subjects such as theatre and musical performances, equally beautiful and far more ornate than they ever needed to be. Some of these were sent to me as printers' samples when I was researching having stamps printed in India for a publishing client. I will see if I can find them and scan a few.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote ambrofos Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 December 2011 at 05:17
Hi, one wanders into all kinds of unusual things as one searches to add to ones collection.   It used to be said that no one forged Indian Revenue stamps, but in my experience I have found that this is not absolutely true.   There is a forgery of the famous Bhor revenue inverted frame error and a number of forgeries of other states.  However, today I saw this stamp and looking at the color, design, printing, and lettering, it appears to me to be a forgery.  While there is a uni-color example listed, I have not seen it and it would have seemed to me to have had a different design from this stamp, and it would have had a definite "watercolor" printing appearance.   An original stamp is shown to the right for comparison.  You can see that it is the basis of the design of the forgery because these stamps contain a date in the die that shows when it was produced.   In this case, the date is 1879.  The characters look like, [forgiving the limitations of the type face!] a "1^" in the left corner (18), and "v9" (79) in the right corner.   Also look especially at the color, and design differences.   It appeared that the person making the die did not properly understand the construction of the letters.   Look especially at the character in the middle of the bottom inscription.   Click on the picture below to enlarge.




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