Sirmoor State

Identifications are far from correct.

1 is Sirmaur 1892 3P Shamsherprakash Raghbirprakash Bhati (1846–1898) orange Printing V lithograph (SG 6/Sc 4) with type A dots and perf.14.

Sirmaur 3rd issue stamps were all printed in sheets of 70 (10×7) and Printing V sheets were composed of a unit of 2 horizontal pair of stamps which was repeated 35 times all across the sheet .

The stamp here is from position 1 of the pair, which is characterized by the top of the left vertical stroke of H of THREE touching the inner capsular thin white band.

So, theoretically it could be from any of the following positions in the sheet viz., R1/1(1), R1/3(3), R1/5(5), R1/7(7), R1/9(9), R2/1(11), R2/3(13), R2/5(15), R2/7(17), R2/9(19), R3/1(21), R3/3(23), R3/5(25), R3/7(27), R3/9(29), R4/1(31), R4/3(33), R4/5(35), R4/7(37), R4/9(39), R5/1(41), R5/3(43), R5/5(45), R5/7(47), R5/9(49), R6/1(51), R6/3(53), R6/5(55), R6/7(57), R6/9(59), R7/1(61), R7/3(63), R7/5(65), R7/7(67) or R7/9(69).

2 is Sirmaur 1892 6P Shamsherprakash Raghbirprakash Bhati (1846–1898) deep green Printing V lithograph (SG 7c/Sc 5) with type C white dots.

The stamp is from position 1 of the unit pair, characterized by faint white dot touching the left side of upper curve of S of PIES. So, plating possibility is similar to 1.

3 is Sirmaur 1894 1A Shamsherprakash Raghbirprakash Bhati (1846–1898) slate blue Printing VI lithograph (SG /Sc 6)

Sheets from Printing VI were composed of a unit of block of 4 repeated 15 times in the first 6 rows and 7th row has totally different composition 3|4|3|4|1|2|3|4|1|2.

The stamp is from position 2 of the unit block, characterized by 2 faint white protrusions from the right oblique stroke of first A of ANNA.

So, theoretically the stamp could be from any of the following positions viz., R1/2(2), R1/4(4), R1/6(6), R1/8(8), R1/10(10), R3/2(22), R3/4(24), R3/6(26), R3/8(28), R3/10(30), R5/2(42), R5/4(44), R5/6(46), R5/8(48), R5/10(50), R7/6(66) or R7/10(70).

4 is Sirmaur 1892 3P Shamsherprakash Raghbirprakash Bhati (1846–1898) orange Printing V lithograph (SG 6/Sc 4) with type A dots.

The stamp here is from position 2 of the pair, which is characterized by faint white dot hanging from the edge of upper horizontal stroke of second E of
THREE.

So, it could from any of the following positions viz. R1/2(2), R1/4(4), R1/6(6), R1/8(8), R1/10(10), R2/2(12), R2/4(14), R2/6(16), R2/8(18), R2/10(20), R3/2(22), R3/4(24), R3/6(26), R3/8(28), R3/10(30), R4/2(32), R4/4(34), R4/6(36), R4/8(38), R4/10(40), R5/2(42), R5/4(44), R5/6(46), R5/8(48), R5/10(50), R6/2(52), R6/4(54), R6/6(56), R6/8(58), R6/10(60), R7/2(62), R7/4(64), R7/6(66), R7/8(68) or R7/10(70).

The postmark is Douie type f squared circle cancel of Sirmaur State PO Nahan, located in Nahan (30.5599°N 77.2955°E), now in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh state.

5 is Sirmaur 1892 6P Shamsherprakash Raghbirprakash Bhati (1846–1898) deep green lithograph with SG type 12 On S. S. S. (S. S. S. denote Sirmaur State Service) overprint official stamp (SG 55) with Douie type f squared circle cancel of Nahan.

6 is Sirmaur 1892 1A Shamsherprakash Raghbirprakash Bhati (1846–1898) gray blue Printing V lithograph with SG type 13 On S. S. S. ovpt. official stamp (SG 62a), again with Douie type f squared circle cancel of Nahan which is the commonest postmark on Sirmaur 3rd issue.

It is impossible to type 8d here. Wasted time.