Page 25 - Pakistan: Beyond the Catalogue

TIPPERA DISTRICT

SHILMURI

A single ordinary stamp (6 Paisa / l Anna) with a handstamp in black is recorded by Isani. It
would appear that this overprint is actually a machine print and a number of further values have
subsequently been discovered.

Machine overprint. Length ofPaisa 9mm, Height of letters 2mm. Dates between 2 May and 27
September 1961 recorded.

A-R<JN CHA~D~Pt

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SHILMURI B.O. 27 SEP 61 . Backstamped CALCUTI A 2 OCT 61. Discovery piece for

this overprint (Doubleday, Stamp Collecting 29 July 1976)