File 17/4 II Stores: Stamps [‎5r] (9/576)

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This file concerns court fee stamps (a type of revenue stamp used to pay court fees) and consular fee stamps, issued to the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . The part of the file dating from 1945 to the end of 1947 consists mostly of indents, completed by the Treasury Officer at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and invoices received by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , mostly for adhesive but also for impressed court fee stamps. These indents and invoices are issued by the Government of India's Central Stamp Store, Nasik Road, Nasik.

In addition to indents and invoices, this part of the file includes telegrams and brief letters of correspondence. The principal correspondents are the following: the Deputy Controller of Stamps, Central Stamp Store, Nasik Road; the Controller of Stamps, Central Stamp Store, Nasik Road (in the previous file the Master, Security Printing India is stated as being the ex-officio Controller of Stamps); the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bahrain. Most of this correspondence consists of notifications of delivered or received despatches.

The part of the file dating from January 1948 onwards documents the changes to the purchase and distribution of stamps that occurred following the independence of India in 1947.

In a circular letter, dated 20 January 1948 (folio 69), the Secretary to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bahrain, informs the Political Agents at Bahrain and Kuwait that whilst the Government of India has agreed to supply Indian court fee stamps up to 31 March 1948, it has been decided that in future court fee stamps should be used for court purposes only, and that consular stamps should be used for consular and notarial purposes.

From April 1948 onwards, the file documents the purchase of consular fee stamps by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, from the Finance Department of the Foreign Office, London, and the subsequent distribution of these stamps to the other Political Agencies in the Gulf. Correspondents include the following: the Secretary to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bahrain; the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain; the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Sharjah [Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ]; the Finance Department, Foreign Office, London; the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Bahrain; the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait; the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. [Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ], Doha.

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1 file (286 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 288; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-122; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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