Rajasthan

Rajasthan, or the Rajasthan Union, was a feudatory state in northwestern India. It was formed from Bundi, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jhalawar, Kishangar, Tonk and other princely states in 1948-49.

Note that the boxed overprints have been forged. 
 * In 1948-49, stamps of Bundi were handstamped with a boxed overprint in black, violet or blue. These appear to be hastily done with impressions generally quite incomplete especially in the top frame. Note that the frame line is broken alongside the two top letters with the frameline curved and merging into the characters on both sides.  Note that because these are handstamped, inverts are not necessarily rare and do not merit a huge premium if any. Beware of forgeries, particularly of more expensive stamps.
 * In 1949, Bundi stamps were machine overprinted by typography in black. These are clear, full impressions overall, very much sharper than the handstamped ones but still slightly curved in the corners and where the framelines attach to the upper characters. They are also m ore or less squared up with the stamp design but pairs and blocks will show the boxes are not perfectly aligned.



 File:Rajasthan red ovpt.jpg|1 rupee value 
 * In 1950, stamps of Jaipur were overprinted bilingually in two lines.

In 1948-49, stamps of Kishangar were handstamped with a boxed overprint in (pale) red. This included stamps originally issued all the way back to 1899. Again, beware of overprint forgeries.  File:Rajasthan ovpt on Kish.jpg|(weak) red overprint on 1a value of 1903 