Our tag letters for the denominations are M = ½a, N = ¼a, P = 1a, Q = 2a, R = 4a, S = 8a, and T = ⅛a. Between May 1878 and April 1881, the printings were done at Jammu, apart from a possible temporary loan of the ¼a-plate to Srinagar in the spring of 1880. All such are in the early State I of the plates. After April 1881 or so, all printing was done at Srinagar, noticed by repairs to the plates, which are labelled State II or higher.
Unless otherwise specified, the stamps are assumed to be imperforate and printed in ink. A Gibbons number usually represents a catch-all bin for the many shade and paper types we have not yet differentiated. Don’t forget to season this page well with grains of salt. These tables will likely change over time, and that includes reassignment of the tag-numbers.
| M00 | 1878 | perfed ½a black watercolor, laid? | unique sheet |
| M01 | May 1878 | perfed ½a red, thin wove (used only) | alleged |
| M02 | May 1878 | perfed ½a “red”, laid | uncommon |
| M02a | 20 May 1878 | —earliest attestation, pair on cover | unique |
| M03 | May 1878 | perfed ½a brown-red, thick laid | scarce |
| M03a | May 1878 | perfed, as above in full sheet | unique |
| M04 | Jul 1878 | perfed ½a red, medium wove | SG117 |
| M05 | Aug 1878 | perfed ½a slate-violet, laid | SG104 |
| M05a | Aug 1878 | perfed, as above in full sheet | ~4 known |
| M06 | Aug 1878 | perfed ½a reds, laid | SG102 |
| M07 | 1878 | perfed ½a red, blue-tinted laid | scarce |
| M08 | 1878 | perfed ½a deep scarlet, laid | scarce |
| M09 | Aug 78-Mar 81 | ½a reds, laid | SG113 |
| M10 | Aug 1878 | perfed ½a black, laid | SGO1 |
| M10a | >Aug 1878 | —on cover 1 Sep and 25 Oct | rare |
| M11 | Aug 78-Mar 81 | ½a black, laid | SGO2 |
| M12 | Aug 78-Dec 78 | ½a slate-violet, laid | SG105 |
| M13 | Aug 78-Feb 79 | ½a violet, laid | scarce |
| M14 | 1878-79 | ½a slate-lilac, laid | scarce |
| M15 | 1878-79 | ½a deep violet, laid | scarce |
| M16 | 1878-79 | ½a indigo, laid | scarce |
| M17 | 1878-79 | ½a greyish-blue, laid | scarce |
| M18 | 1878-79 | ½a dull blue, laid | scarce |
| M19 | 1878-79 | ½a slate-blue water?, laid | rare |
| M20 | 1878 | ½a dull vermilion, laid | common |
| M21 | Dec 1878 | ½a chestnut, thick vertical laid | scarce |
| M22 | May-Oct 1879 | ½a dull vermilion, thick wove | SG121 |
| M23 | Jun? 79-Mar 81 | ½a reds, medium wove | SG118 |
| M24 | 1879 | ½a dull scarlet, medium wove | scarce |
| M25 | 1879 | ½a dull vermilion, medium wove | scarce |
| M26 | 1879 | perfed ½a red, thin wove (cf. M01) | SG124 |
| M27 | 1879-Apr 81 | ½a reds, thin wove (I) | with SG126 |
| M28 | 1879-Apr 81 | ½a black, thin woves (I) | with SGO7 |
| M29 | >Apr 1881 | ½a reds, thin wove (II) | SG126 |
| M30 | >Apr 1881 | ½a black, thin toned woves (II) | SGO7 |
| M31 | >Apr 1881 | ½a black, coarse yellow wove (II) | common |
| M32 | 1881 | ½a brown-red, thin toned wove (II) | common |
| M33 | 1881 | perfed ½a yellowish-rose, wove (II) | SG130b |
| M34 | 1881 | ½a yellowish-rose, thin wove (II) | rare |
| M35 | Apr 81-Mar 83 | ½a dull orange, thin brittle wove | scarce |
| M36 | 1881 | ½a orange, thin wove | SG132 |
| M37 | 1881 | ½a red-orange, thin grey toned wove | common |
| M38 | Apr 1883 | ½a rose, thin wove | SG146 |
| M39 | 1883 | ½a dull chalky blue, thin wove | scarce |
| M40 | 1883 | ½a dull grey-blues, thin wove | common |
| M41 | 1883 | ½a Venetian red, thin wove | uncommon? |
| M42 | 1883 | ½a orange-red, thin yellowish wove | SG147 |
| M43 | Mar? 1887 | ½a brown-red, thin laid (Pratap) | SG164 |
| M44 | 1887 | ½a orange-red, thin laid (Pratap) | SG165 |
| M45 | 1887 | ½a black, thin laid (Pratap) | SGO13 |
| M46 | 1889 | ½a dull scarlet, thin white wove | common |
| M47 | 1889? | ½a orange, thin toned wove | uncommon |
| M48 | 1889 | ½a black, bright white wove | common |
| M49 | >1890 | ½a orange (reissue), thin wove | common |
| M50 | >1890 | ½a dull orange (reissue), wove | common |
| M51 | 1891? | ½a orange-buff, thin wove | scarce |
| M52 | 1892 | ½a pink, thin white wove | uncommon |
| M53 | 1892 | ½a rose, thin laid (Pratap) | scarce |
| M54 | 1894? | ½a bright (grey-)blue, thin wove | SG144 |
| M55 | 1894? | ½a deep ultramarine, thin wove | uncommon? |
| N01 | 1878 | ¼a black, used, laid | Eames, unlisted in SG |
| N02 | Jul 1878 | perfed ¼a red, laid | attested? |
| N03 | Jul? 1878 | ¼a dull vermilion, medium laid | SG112 |
| N04 | 1879 | ¼a “red”, thick wove | attested? |
| N05 | 1879 | ¼a red, medium wove | SG117b unpriced |
| N06 | 1879 | ¼a reds, thin toned woves | SG125 |
| N07 | 1879 | ½a dull red, thin grey wove | common? |
| N08 | 1879 | ½a scarlet, thin toned wove | common? |
| N09 | 1879 | ½a red-orange, yellow coarse wove | common |
| N10 | Mar-Aug? 1880 | ¼a blue watercolor, thin bâtonné | SG130a |
| N11 | 1879-Apr 81 | ¼a “reds”, thin toned woves (I) | with SG125 |
| N12 | <Apr 1881 | ¼a black, thin toned woves (I) | with SGO6 |
| N13 | >Apr 1881 | ¼a “reds”, thin toned woves (II) | SG125 |
| N14 | Apr 81-1887 | ¼a black, thin woves (II) | SGO6 |
| N15 | >Apr 1881 | ¼a black, coarse yellow wove (II) | common |
| N16 | 1881 | ¼a scarlet, thin toned wove (II) | uncommon |
| N17 | 1881 | ¼a brown-red, coarse yellow wove (II) | common |
| N18 | >Apr 1881 | ¼a dull orange, thin brittle wove | uncommon |
| N19 | >Apr 1881 | ¼a orange, thin wove | SG131 |
| N20 | 1883 | ¼a browns, thin wove | SG138-42 |
| N21 | 1887 | ¼a red-brown, thin laid (Pratap) | SG163 |
| N22 | 1887 | ¼a black, thin laid (Pratap) | SGO12 |
| N23 | 1889 | ¼a black, bright white wove | common |
| N24 | 1894 | ¼a bright green, thin wove | scarce |
| P00 | Apr? 1878 | perfed 1a black watercolor, laid | unique sheet |
| P01 | 1878 | perfed 1a red, laid | SG103 |
| P02 | 1878 | perfed 1a violet, laid | SG104a |
| P03 | 1878 | 1a “red”, laid | SG114 |
| P04 | 1878 | 1a brown-red, laid | scarce |
| P05 | 1878 | 1a dull vermilion, laid | scarce |
| P06 | 1878 | 1a chestnut, laid | scarce |
| P07 | Sep 78-Mar 81 | 1a black, laid | SGO3 |
| P08 | Nov 78-Jun 82? | 1a dull vermilion, thick wove | SG122 |
| P09 | 1878? | 1a bright violet, laid | scarce |
| P10 | Feb-Dec 1879 | 1a dull purple, laid (Jammu only) | scarce |
| P10a | Feb 1879 | —as above in full sheet | rare |
| P11 | Feb? 1879 | 1a dark slate-purple, laid | SG106 |
| P12 | 1879 | 1a mauve, laid | SG107 |
| P13 | 1879 | 1a black, medium wove | SGO5 |
| P14 | 1879 | 1a reds, medium wove | SG119 |
| P15 | 1879 | 1a scarlet-red, medium wove | scarce |
| P16 | 1879-Apr 81 | 1a reds, thin toned woves (I) | with SG127 |
| P17 | 1880-Apr 81 | 1a black, thin toned woves (I) | with SGO8 |
| P18 | >Apr 1881 | 1a reds, thin toned woves (II) | SG127 |
| P19 | >Apr 1881 | 1a black, thin toned woves (II) | SGO8 |
| P20 | Apr 81 | 1a dull orange, thin brittle wove | scarce |
| P21 | Apr 81-Aug 84 | 1a orange, thin toned wove | SG133 |
| P22 | >Apr 1881 | 1a orange-red, coarse yellow wove | common |
| P23 | 1883 | 1a “greens”, thin woves | SG148-50 |
| P24 | 1883 | 1a blue-green, thin woves | SG151 |
| P25 | 1883? | 1a (fugitive), thin woves | common |
| P26 | 1883? | 1a bistre, thin woves | common |
| P27 | 1887 | 1a grey-green, thin laid (Pratap) | SG166 |
| P28 | 1887 | 1a black, thin laid (Pratap) | SGO14 |
| P29 | 1889 | 1a black, bright white wove | common |
| P30 | >1890 | 1a orange reissue, this wove | common |
| Q01 | 10 May 1878 | 2a black, laid | SG04 |
| Q01a | May 1878 | same in full sheet | 3 known? |
| Q02 | 1878 | perfed 2a black watercolor, laid | unique sheet |
| Q03 | 1878 | perfed 2a violet, laid | SG104b |
| Q04 | Aug 78-Mar 79 | 2a violet-blue, laid | scarce |
| Q05 | 1878 | 2a dark violet, laid | scarce |
| Q06 | 1878 | 2a “red”, laid | SG115 |
| Q07 | 1878 | 2a rose-red, laid | rare |
| Q08 | 1878 | 2a dull vermilion, thick wove | SG123 |
| Q09 | Dec 79-Jul 80 | 2a bright violet, laid | scarce |
| Q10 | 1879? | 2a dull blue, laid | SG111 |
| Q11 | 1879 | 2a reds, medium wove | SG120 |
| Q12 | Sep 79-Nov 81 | 2a reds, thin toned wove (I) | with SG128 |
| Q13 | 1880 | 2a black, thin toned wove (I) | with SGO9 |
| Q14 | >Apr 1881 | 2a reds, thin toned woves (II) | SG128 |
| Q15 | >Apr 1881 | 2a black, thin toned wove (II) | SGO9 |
| Q16 | 1881 | 2a black, coarse yellow wove (II) | common |
| Q17 | Apr 81 | 2a dull orange, thin brittle wove | scarce |
| Q18 | Apr 81-Mar 84 | 2a orange, thin toned wove | SG134 |
| Q19 | 1883 | 2a red, yellow-green tinted | SG153 |
| Q20 | 1883? | 2a red, green tinted | SG154 |
| Q21 | 1883? | 2a red, yellow tinted | SG152 |
| Q22 | 1886? | 2a red, yellow coarse wove | common |
| Q23 | 1887 | 2a black, thin laid (Pratap) | SGO15 |
| Q24 | 1889 | 2a black, bright white wove | common |
| Q25 | >1890 | 2a orange reissue, thin wove | common |
| Q26 | >1890 | 2a dull orange reissue, thin wove | common |
| R01 | ? | 4a red, laid | SG116 |
| R01a | 16 Apr 1881 | —earliest attestation, dull red | unique |
| R02 | 1880 | 4a rose-red, thin toned wove | common |
| R03 | Nov 79-Apr 81 | 4a reds, thin toned woves (I) | with SG129 |
| R04 | ?-Apr 81 | 4a black, thin toned woves (I) | with SGO10 |
| R05 | Apr 81-87 | 4a black, thin toned woves (II) | SGO10 |
| R06 | >Apr 81 | 4a reds, thin toned woves (II) | SG129 |
| R07 | Apr 81-Mar 83 | 4a dull orange, thin brittle wove | scarce |
| R08 | 1887 | 4a black, thin laid (Pratap) | SGO16 |
| R09 | 1889 | 4a black, bright white wove | common |
| R10 | >1890 | 4a “reds” in reissue thin wove | common |
| R11 | >1890 | 4a orange reissue thin wove | common |
| R12 | >1890 | 4a dull orange reissue thin wove | common |
| RS01 | Apr 81 | 4a+8a black, laid (II) | unique |
| RS02 | Apr 81 | 4a+8a black, thin wove (II) | 3 known? |
| RS03 | Apr 81 | 4a+8a dull orange, thin wove (II) | unique |
| S01 | Nov 79-Mar 81 | 8a reds, thin white wove (I) | with SG130 |
| S02 | ?-Mar 81 | 8a black, thin white wove (I) | with SGO17 |
| S03 | Apr 1881 | 8a reds, thin white wove (II) | SG130 |
| S04 | Apr 1881 | 8a black, thin white wove (II) | SGO17 |
| S05 | 1881 | 8a dull orange, thin brittle wove | scarce |
| S06 | 1883 | 8a blues, thin wove | SG159-161a |
| S07 | 1883 | 8a violet-blue, thin wove | common |
| S08 | 1883 | 8a violet, thin wove | common |
| S09 | Sep 1885 | 8a reds, blue-toned wove | scarce |
| S10 | 1889? | 8a grey-blue water, thin laid (Pratap) | SG168 |
| S11 | 1889? | 8a grey-blue water, thin wove (Pratap) | SG168a. |
| S12 | 1887 | 8a black, thin laid (Pratap) | SGO17 |
| S13 | 1889 | 8a black, bright white wove | common |
| S14 | >1890 | 8a reds in reissue, woves | common |
| S15 | >1890 | 8a dull orange reissue, woves | common |
| T01 | 1883 | ⅛a turmeric, thin woves | common |
| T02 | 1883 | ⅛a yellows, thin woves | SG139 |
| T03 | 1883 | ⅛a yellow-brown, thin woves | SG138 |
| T04 | 1887 | ⅛a dull yellow, thin laid (Pratap) | SG162 |
| T05 | 1889 | ⅛a yellow, bright white wove | common |