Jaipur State Sun Cancellation (IN)

Jaipur Sun Cancellations

Sun, o nourisher, single seer, controller, the power of the Lord of Creation, remove your rays and gather up your heat that I may see your most auspicious form.

The Purusha that is within the sun, he am I (Yo’ sau Aditya Purusha, so-ham asmi). Isha Upanishad 16

In 1818 Jaipur become the British protectorate, the stamp of Jaipur state featured a Sun God on the chariot for 30 years. Jaipur joined the Indian union in 1948. The Jaipur Post Offices used a variety of Sun Cancels with many varieties to be found.

EDS types

EDS-1 No central line and date between two ornaments
EDS-2 The sun and the village name are divided by a two lined bar dated section running through the centre.

There are many different varieties mainly in the the face and ray of the sun to be found: As detailed by Banham. Some may be found with DELY for Delivery (which are despatch dated for its delivery). It is possible to find different types of cancels used on the same cover as the letter or postal card travelled through Jaipur to its delivery address. Numbers in brackets relate to the illustrations by Banham.

SAWAI JAIPUR H.O. Delivery EDS-1 type with time code added. Indistinguishable Town Despatch mark cancelling stamps Feb 1947 but is EDS2

Type EDS2(1) of PHULERA S.O. 1941 and NARAINA, additional SRI MADHOPUR EDS2(7) not illustrated by Banham.

SURAJGARH, JHUNJHUNU and MANDELA cancels

JAIPUR CITY S.O.	HINDAUN S.O. 1948	Jhunjhunu - Sawai Madhopur
JAIPUR R.S. Railway Station office cancel 1941	SAWAI MADHOPUR 1942	Losal - Sikar - ?

MALPURA early type cancellation with full sun at top.

1940 SAWAI JAIPUR SOR (Sorting) and JHUNJHUNU delivery handstamps.	Phulgram	Surajgarh - Mandrella - Jhunjhunu
Ringas 1943 with S. Jaipur Postage Due ½anna - half-sun cancel	Jhunjhunu Sub-Office 1949 with Sawai Madhopur receiving Sun cancel.	Sawai Madhopur
1944 EDS2 receiver alongside a Sanskrit type sun cancel used for despatch	Sanskrit type Sun cancel - This cancellation is an error in Devnagri script.डाकषाना instead of डाकखाना	SIKAR - FATHEPUR
1950 SAWAI Jaipur despatch cancel and a receiving cancel of SEWAR	1956 Bagru Sun Cancel	Jhunjhunu - ?
SAWAIJAIPUR despatch and delivery stamp of BANDIKUI SO	Sawai Jaipur despatch on Registered piece, boxed Head Office cancel	Todaraisingh
1958 Experimental cancel on cover with Despatcher District Judge Court Indore cachet to	Reverse of Indore court cover. Late use of the Sun cancel in as a receiver in 1958	Bandikui - Chomu
1958 Experimental cancel on cover with Despatcher District Judge Court Indore cachet to	Reverse of Indore court cover. Late use of the Sun cancel in as a receiver in 1958	Bandikui - Chomu
HINDAUN	SAWAI JAIPUR H.O.	Bandikui Sub-Office
Dausa	Ranoli	Mandawar
Sikar & Lakshmangarh	Bonli	Malpura & SAWAI Jaipur
Fatehpur & Bissau	Phalera & Losal cancels	Jaipur City Sub-Office
Losal	Govindgarh	Losal
Sikar	File:Jaipur (IN) SC a10.jpg	File:Jaipur (IN) SC a11.jpg