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The ‘K—I’ represents the No. 1 Disbursing Office (Karachi) of
the Sind Circle, and the ‘4’ indicates Guadur as the No. 4 Non-Dis­
bursing (Head) Office under the control of Karachi.
Type 2 was usually struck in black but on a cover of 22.2.78 it
appears in green with the Registration Cachet (Type 13) also in green.
A cancellation is also known in which the ‘4’ is set in the lower
bars below ‘K—1’; but, in the absence of the date-stamp, it is im­
possible to say whether or not this was also used at Guadur. If it was
in fact used there it would indicate a change in status, representing
Guadur as the No. 4 BRANCH Office under Karachi.

Although Guadur was a dependency of Muscat (and Muscat was
a Disbursing Office, as shown by its ‘K—4’) the Guadur Post Office
did not at this time come under Muscat’s control. Had this been the
case, the Guadur canceller would have been ‘K—4’ or ‘Ky4’ (No. 1
Head or Branch Office under the No. 4 Disbursing Office of the Sind
Circle). Contrary to previous report, no such cancellation exists.

GUADUR.
OCT. 21

Type 3 Type 4

From 1879, Guadur again came under the Bombay Circle and a
cancellation “B” in a horizontal square of bars was introduced and was
also used in conjunction with the date-stamp without indication of the
year, (Types 3 and 4). Once again, an item can only be ‘dated’ if the
cover bears evidence of the year of use.
Soon after 1880 the year was re-introduced into date-stamps
and Guadur received Type 5 (Duplex). A similar date-stamp (Type
5 A) may be found used by itself from 1890, principally on covers in
which telegrams received from Karachi and addressed to Muscat were
sent on by sea, a practice which, continued until the Karachi-Muscat
cable was brought into use in 1901. It was also used, occasionally, to

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