Online Séfi & Mortimer 1937

The Stamps of Jammu-Kashmir by Alexander Séfi and C.H. Mortimer. This publication is the essential reference for the serious Jammu-Kashmir collector. It was something of a memorial to the authors, Mortimer having died in 1932 and Séfi in 1934. Publisher: Séfi, Pemberton & Co., Ltd., 12 South Molton Street, W.1. London. 322 pp, 59 b/w plates.

Note: Séfi & Mortimer’s “1 anna” circular has long been understood to be 4 annas (= ¼ rupee) and vice versa. The interchange has been made throughout the text as appropriate without comment; and where for reasons the interchange has not been made, notice is given.


         Table of Contents
p.3Introductory Note by P. L. Pemberton
p.5Foreword by Sir Charles Stewart-Wilson
p.7Historical Background
p.11Early Postal History
p.14Note on the Franks
p.19Engravers, Designs, and Colours
Cancellations and Seals
Papers of the Circulars
p.28The Circular Stamps
Die I Forgeries
Missing-Die Forgeries
p.32Issued Watercolours
Original Circulars 1866-67
Red Circulars 1869-77
Special Printing Circulars 1874-76
p.48Rev. C.D. Simons Controversy
p.59Oil Printings 1877-78
p.69The Dak Zaruri
p.71Jammu Old Rectangulars
Jammu Plate Watercolours
Jammu Plate Oilcolours
Jammu Experimental Papers
p.89Kashmir Old Rectangulars
Essays and Proofs
p.109New Rectangulars Part I
Plate and Plate-states
Simultaneous Printings
p.122Papers and Watermarks
Controls
Perforation
p.141Colours of 1878-82
Reissued Stamps
p.149New Rectangulars Part II
Jammu Printings
p.165Srinagar Printings
p.176New Colours
p.188Jammu-printed Officials
Srinagar-printed Officials
p.195New Rectangulars Proofs
Defacements
p.205State Postcards
p.210Obliterations and Postmarks
First Period 1866-79
Second Period 1879-90
Third Period 1890-94
p.243Instruction Labels
p.246List of Post Offices ca. 1930
p.248Circular Reprints
Old Rectangular Reprints
p.257Forgeries
Die I Forgeries
Circular Missing-Dies
Circular Brightons
p.263Old Jammu Forgeries
Old Kashmir Forgeries
p.269New Rectangular Forgeries
Forgeries for Collectors
New Rectangular Brightons
p.284Stamps on Telegraph Forms
p.312British-Indian Stamps in Kashmir
Poonch Stamps in Kashmir

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