refers to the 1868-1878 first ‘Tiger Head’ postage stamps locally lithographed and issued during the Amir’s reign. The vaious stamp values were hand-drawn individually on the printing plates, with each of the same value stamps exhibiting different characteristics. Counterfeiits are plentiful, primarly being coarsely lithographed versions on thick or very thick yellowish-whitish laid paper or very thick, very yellowish white wove paper.
