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KOHAT DISTRICT
HAN GU
A single line bandstamp on ordinary issues showing only the new currency was issued in the Kohat
District. Isani records 24 different adhesives with this overprint but there may be more. Whilst
there are no doubts as to the authenticity of the issue, a number of philatelically inspired covers
(some of them posted on 1 January 1961, the date of the introduction of the new currency) exist,
but these all seem to have been through the post and simply illustrate that local stamp collectors
were aware of what was happening.
Single line handstamp in purple with new value in capital letters with serifs. Height of letters
3.5mm, Length of Paisa 13 I 14 mm. Recorded in use in Hangu, Thull and Thull City from January
1961 until October 1961.
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