Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur was once an Indian feudatory state west of the Punjab region that joined Pakistan after the partition of India. In 1953, Bahawalpur stopped issuing locals and began using Pakistani stamps for all mail.  File:Bahawalpur official.jpg|1945 2 anna official. File:Bahawalpur indian ovpt.jpg|1947 3 pies overprint. Note "INDIA" blocked out.
 * Stamps were planned to be issued in 1933-34 but the Indian government prevented their issue.
 * In 1945, those designs were overprinted for use as officials.
 * Additional officials followed with other overprints, one set of 3 also overprinted SERVICE.
 * A set of two Sadiq Muhammed Khan IV official (1945), and a peace official (1946) floowed those.
 * In August 1947, Indian stamps were overprinted during the interim period of partition. So, Bahawalpur was independent at this time. By October, Bahawalpur had joined Pakistan.
 * By December 1947, Bahawalpur was allowed to issue its own locals, releasing a commemorative honoring the Abbasi Dynasty.
 * In 1948, a pictorial definitive series followed.
 * 8 values of the above definitives were overprinted for use as officials.
 * Several commemorative sets followed including the well-known Silver Jubilee and UPU issues, both existing imperf. The UPU issue was also overprinted for use as officials.



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