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Rguadur ^ GWADUR o/—
DUE
[ONE ANN

Type 14 Type 15 Type 16
was written in manuscript (Seen 1924). By 1938 a handstamp (Type
14) was being used to impress the labels, and it was occasionally im­
pressed directly on to the cover. Since about 1958 Type 15 has been
used and is invariably impressed directly on to registered covers.
The Postage Due cachet is very rarely seen.

THE PAKISTAN OVERPRINTS

In common with Muscat and the other postal agencies in the
Persian Gulf, the Guadur Post Office, hitherto administered from
Karachi by the Government of India, came under the control of
Pakistan in August 1947. Towards the end of October the Indian King
George VI stamps without overprint were replaced, as in Muscat, by
those with the Nasik PAKISTAN overprint. It is known that all values
to RslO were available, but the use of the higher values was almost
entirely confined to payment for telegrams. Covers exist with all
values to R1, and the Rs5 is known used on a parcel; the covers are
very rare and the Rs5 posta/ly used is probably unique. The
1948 Pakistan Independence set was also used in Guadur, and it is

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