Lot 80170 – 14.07.1949 Orchha Maharaja Vir Singh II mixed franking

14.07.1949 Orchha Maharaja Vir Singh II mixed franking registered cover mailed from TIKAMGARH to SARGAPUR paying the 5a postage with 5 x 1a scarlet (SG34). Scarce and fine showing a very late usage of the stamps in local post after the merging of the state with Madhya Pradesh which happened in May 1948, a new discovery that local mail was still active even after merging with with dominion of India as late as July 49 (SG £640).