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Soon after the Indian K.G.V. stamps came into use a
“killer” cancellation (Type 13) made its appearance and it is known
throughout a long period to 1941. It was followed by the first of two
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double-circle clear cancellations in 1924 (Type 14). This also had a
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% long life, being recorded as late as June 1949 on a Great Britain stamp
surcharged ‘Value Only’.
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V. K.G.V. stamps above 8 annas are rarely found, although the
2 rupees and the New Delhi 1 rupee arc known. The Silver Jubilee
8 stamps of 1935 do not appear to have been much used in Muscat; but
- the airmail stamps of 1929 arc known, including an example of the
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very rare variety showing the serif on the second “1” of “INDIA”.
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The last two Indian-type cancellations appeared during the
reign of K.G.VI. The first (Type 15), which wasnof a machine
cancellation, came into use in 1941 in common with other Gulf
Agency Offices, and is known used until March 1948. The other
(Type 14A) was the same as the first double-circle clear cancellation
(Type 14) but the word MUSCAT was in larger, clearer letters. It
remained in use, as a back-stamp, after April 1948. Once again, the
use of stamps on commercial mail during this period was generally
limited to the 12 annas value, but the rupee values are known used on
philatelic covers.
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Type 15

In 1944 the bicentenary of the A1 bu-Said dynasty was
celebrated; but, whilst Zanzibar had a very handsome recess-printed
commemorative issue, Muscat had to be content with an overprint in
Arabic on the current Indian stamps — Ordinary to Rs2 and Service
to Rl. The overprint reads “A1 bu-Said 1363”, the latter being the

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