Indian Convention States Chamba 1887-95 2r carmine and yellow-brown, 3r brown and green, 5r ultramarine and violet in blocks of 4, SG19/21.
Brilliant quality unmounted mint with full original gum. The 2r and 3r blocks each with a horizontal gum crease, not affecting lovely appearance.
Only 672 of each were originally printed and particularly rare in blocks in this quality.
Stanley Gibbons catalogue value: £2,500++.
The Indian Convention States stamp issues are the result of a series of postal conventions agreed between the Imperial Government and the various state administrations. The agreement with Chamba, located in the Himalayas, was made on 1 January 1887.
As per the postal convention agreement, existing stamps of British India were overprinted with the name of the state. Their use was strictly between each Convention State and to destinations in British India. The Convention States were also required to conform with agreements on issuance of stamps, postage rates and the exchange of mail.
The Convention States are distinct from the Feudatory States, which had no postal agreement with British India.
The stamps of the Convention States are considered part of "classical philately" because they were produced and issued under conditions strictly controlled by the British Government.
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