David Feldman's 22nd Rarities of the World Auction June 6, 2019

Rarities of the World – 84 – AWARDING WINNING COLLECTION OF BARWANI 60070 CC C H G F J DCE P DFE Indian Feudatory States - Barwani Awarding winning collection of Barwani neatly mounted and superbly presented on 131 albums pages: History of Barwani - The Indian state of Barwani had a population of only 141,110 in 1931, many of whom were illiterate. Despite this small size the postage stamps issued are technically interesting from a philatelic point of view. Except for two stamps issued right before the Barwani post office closed (two 1/4 anna stamps, Printing 9), the evidence tells us that Barwani stamps were only issued for actual postal service. The exhibit will illustrate the development of Barwani postage stamps from the first issue of 1917 to the close of the State Post on 1 July 1948 when Barwani became part of independent India. Barwani Stamp Designs - Barwani postage stamps picture two rulers, Rana Ranjit Singh who ruled from 1894 to his death in 1930 and Rana Devi Singh who ruled (originally as a minor) from 1930 until 1948, he was eight when his father died. Devi Singh stamps were firs issued in October 1932 and continued to be issued until 1948. Ranjit Singh stamps were reissued in July 1933 and continued to be printed to 1948. Organization - Up to the first Devi Singh stamp in October 1932 the organization of the collection is by the approximate order that stamps were issued. From October 1932 until 1948 the stamps are presented as issued and also organized into nine printings. Technical Details - Barwani stamps are typographed and four clichés of each stamp were used to print a sheet of stamps or the cliché(s) were used to make a new printing plate. Issues to about 1930 were printed by the Barwani State Printing Press and later issues were printed by the Times of India Press, Bombay. Most, if not all, Barwani stamps were sold to the public in booklets. Usually there are four stamps to a booklet pane and eight sheets in a booklet. Indian States – Barwani