tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142060348340830542.post4685646625181784552..comments2024-02-18T02:22:36.429-06:00Comments on Philatelic Incarnation: Jhalawar War Tax or Weeding Revenue Stamps?Hmmm!!! Let's see.....http://www.blogger.com/profile/13605071807022814918noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142060348340830542.post-27266836340880589322011-11-05T22:35:38.676-05:002011-11-05T22:35:38.676-05:00Can you share your email-Id so I can send you anot...Can you share your email-Id so I can send you anothetr example scan. Though, the other one also can't reveal the secret because stamps are affixed over each other and the part of stamp visible below doesn't show W marking but again it could very well be hidden because of another stamp affixed on top of it. I don't have that sample in my hand otherwise I could have tried to check it. I had got that as offer by one of dealer long time back so I could retrieve that document's image in my old email.Hmmm!!! Let's see.....https://www.blogger.com/profile/13605071807022814918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142060348340830542.post-37381262264591940612011-11-05T22:22:48.611-05:002011-11-05T22:22:48.611-05:00Well, I agree that there shouldn't be two mean...Well, I agree that there shouldn't be two meaning for "W" but lack of information is causing all this confusion. While majority of people think it is related to some sort of taxation, some documents (with war tax applied) have them with these stamps and hence there is other thought. Let me try to see if I can find such example where mixture of stamps are used. I think I have seen one but let me check againHmmm!!! Let's see.....https://www.blogger.com/profile/13605071807022814918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142060348340830542.post-9435026462621583432011-11-02T11:59:42.654-05:002011-11-02T11:59:42.654-05:00Yours is an interesting idea. However, what would ...Yours is an interesting idea. However, what would the reason be to have two meanings for the overprints 'W'?<br />Why not spell 'War Tax' out? Do we have stamped documents where a mixture of overprinted and not overprinted stamps are used? After all the tax, as I understand it, is an obligatory extra to the normal duty payable. I have long wondered what the 'Weeding...' handstamps mean. I have searched the old Gazeteers of Jhalawar District, books of Indian agriculture terms and the minds of philatelists, without success. I have just found a Government Service card with the same handstamped messgage in my quest to solve this one.Peter Leeversnoreply@blogger.com