| Lot |
Symbol |
Description |
Est Price |
| 642 |
*4+ |
1947 ½a., 2a. and 4a., Rajasthan 1948-49 machine overprinted on Bundi 8a. and 1r., all in complete sheets of twenty (4 x 5) with full margins and Control at upper-right, u.m., fine and scarce (87, 89-90, Rajasthan 13-14) |
£100.00 |
| 643 |
*4 |
Official: 1915-41, Inscriptions as type A and overprinted with native "Service" in red, complete sheet of four with full margins, unused without gum, a little stained and creased. Rare. Cat. £1,400++ (O1aA)
(Photo Plate 55) |
£400.00 |
| 644 |
*4 |
--- Inscriptions as type E, very thick paper ½a. black with small "BUNDI/SERVICE" overprint, complete sheet of four, unused without gum and with full margins, small stain in margin at top; fine. Cat. £600+ (O37B) |
£120.00 |
| 645 |
*4 |
--- Inscriptions as type H, perf. 11 ¼a. ultramarine with red native Bundi Service overprint, sheet of four (without margins), part o.g., black marks on reverse of the right hand pair. Scarce. Cat. £320+ (O47aA) |
£100.00 |
| 646 |
*4 |
--- ¼a. ultramarine with small "BUNDI/SERVICE" overprint in black, sheet of four (margins at top and left), u.m., hinged in margin at top, fine. Cat. £240+ (O47B) |
£75.00 |
| 647 |
**4 |
--- ¼a. ultramarine with small red "BUNDI/SERVICE" overprint, complete sheet of four with margins at top and left, u.m., fine. Cat. £360+ (O47aB) |
£100.00 |
Cambay |
| * 648 |
R |
CAMBAY: Revenue: 1940 1a., the original brass printing plate of thirty-two impressions comprising four blocks of eight each nailed to wood (Manners 301)
|
£300.00 |
Charkhari |
| 649 |
*4 |
CHARKHARI: 1921 Handstamped on laid paper, perf 11, 1a. violet block of four, without gum as issued, straight edge at left and the second stamp with three small natural paper inclusions/pinholes, otherwise fine and a scarce block. Cat. £280+ (70)
(Photo Plate 55) |
£120.00 |
Cochin |
| 650 |
** |
COCHIN: 1943 Maharaja Kerala Varma II, wmk. umbrella 4p. green from the upper right of the sheet, u.m. (hinged in margin), fine and scarce. Cat. £800 (85)
(Photo Plate 56) |
£350.00 |
| 651 |
*4 |
--- 1948-50 Die I 3a. 4p. violet, o.g. or u.m. block of four from the left of the sheet, fine. Cat. £280+ (116) |
£80.00 |
| 652 |
E |
--- Official: 1938-44 unissued stamp with "ON C G S" SG type O 9 overprint on 2½a. sage-green with umbrella wmk., an essay with large part slightly brownish o.g., fine and unusual
(Photo Plate 56) |
£100.00 |
Duttia |
| * 653 |
e |
DUTTIA: 1917(?) 1a. Revenue, strip of three in a dark shade from the bottom of the sheet, used with India George V ½a. on reverse of slightly foreshortened envelope, Duttia State c.d.s and barred circle cancellations, handstruck Registration marking on the front, extremely rare
(Photo Plate 57) |
£500.00 |
Hyderabad |
| 654 |
**4+ |
HYDERABAD: Officials: 1949 2p. bistre-brown, a complete u.m. sheet of one hundred (10 x 10) with complete margins all around, some slight perf. separations and gum wrinkles as to be expected, otherwise fine. Cat. £600 (O55) |
£180.00 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
| 655 |
* |
1866 "Handstamped in Watercolours": ½a. ultramarine, unused without gum as issued, cut square, bright colour, small traces of tone spots mentioned only for accuracy, fine. An extremely rare stamp. With "Royal" certificate (1979) and Hellrigl certificate (2005) (Offered with these opinions only) (2)
(Photo Plate A) |
£2,000.00 |
| 656 |
* |
--- 1a. Royal blue, unused without gum as issued, cut square, fine and scarce. With Hellrigl certificate (2005) stating "The stamp is of an intermediate shade between Royal blue and ultramarine, but is regarded to be closer to Royal blue" (Offered with this opinion only) (3)
(Photo Plate 56) |
£300.00 |
| 657 |
O |
--- 4a. ultramarine, cut square and cancelled by the magenta intaglio seal of Jammu, affixed to fragment, soiled and with slight thin, scarce. With B.P.A. certificate (2006) (5a)
(Photo Plate 56) |
£150.00 |
| 658 |
e |
1877-78 Handstamped in Oil colours on Native Paper, ½a. red cut square and used on reverse of India ½a. blue postal stationery envelope from Sialkot to Amritsar, just tied by black seal cancellation with Amritsar c.d.s. alongside, fine and scarce. With B.P.A. certificate (2004) (26)
(Photo Plate 57) |
£200.00 |
| 659 |
e |
For use in Kashmir: 1867-77 Native Laid Paper 1a. pale orange (2) and 4a. sage-green used on native cover from Srinagar and obliterated by three strikes of the brick red Srinagar cancellation, the cover opened three sides and with other small faults but extremely rare. With Hellrigl certificate (2005) (Offered with this opinion only) (94, 100)
(Photo Plate 57) |
£500.00 |
| * 660 |
*4+ |
1883-94 new colours ½a. bright blue, block of ten (2 x 5), unused without gum as issued, trace of central horizontal crease, fine. Signed Holcombe. Cat. £500++ (144)
(Photo Plate 55) |
£250.00 |
| * 661 |
e |
1918 (March), stampless green "ACTIVE SERVICE" envelope to London, Field Post Office/B c.d.s. and violet boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER"; 1918 (Aug. 14), long "KASHMIR STATE SERVICE" envelope to London, franked on reverse 3p. (2), 1a. (3) and others now missing (also Air Mail vignette and stamp from another cover), on the front red boxed "DAMAGED BY WATER", from the crash of the "Scipio" at Mirabella Bay, Crete (Nierinck 360822, etc.)
(Photo Plate 58) |
£150.00 |
| 662 |
e |
Official Issues: 1880-94 4a. black, tied by three-ring Srinagar c.d.s. to native envelope, similar backstamp, fresh and fine (O10) |
£40.00 |
| 663 |
e |
Postal Cards: 1935 North Western Railway 9p., set of four different pictorial cards, unused, fine and scarce (Jain 45-48) |
£200.00 |
Kishangarh |
| * 664 |
* |
KISHANGARH: 1900 Thin white wove paper, imperf. 1a. blue, unused, fine. Cat. £400 (3)
(Photo Plate 56) |
£200.00 |
| 665 |
P |
--- 1904-10 1a. Perkins Bacon business samples, five examples in different colours, all perforated 13½, u.m., or large part o.g., fine. See footnote after S.G. 50
(Photo Plate 56) |
£120.00 |
| 666 |
*4+ |
---- 1913 8a. brown and 5r. brown, each in a complete sheet of twenty (4 x 5) with full margins, unused without gum, some split roulettes; fine. Cat. £940++ (68, 71) |
£200.00 |
| 667 |
* |
--- 1943-47 unsurfaced paper 8a. violet, unused sheet of ten (5 x 2) with full margins, unused without gum, fine. Also Jaipur 1932-46 "POSTAGE" 2a., 3a. and 1r. u.m. blocks of four, fine (89, etc.) |
£150.00 |
Nandgaon |
| * 668 |
e |
NANDGAON: 1891 ½a. blue and 2a. red, large margins to touched, cancelled by "RAJNANDGAON" squared circle cancellations on envelope with handstruck "R/RAJ-NANDGAON" alongside; fine and an exceptionally rare cover (1, 2)
(Photo Plate 58) |
£1,500.00 |
| * 669 |
e |
--- Official: 1894 handstamped ½a. yellow-green, used with India ½a. on envelope addressed to Cuttack, squared circle "RAJ NANDAGON" cancellations of May 17 1897, arrival c.d.s. on reverse, fine and rare (O4)
(Photo Plate 58) |
£500.00 |
Orchha |
| 670 |
e |
ORCHHA: 1939-42 1a. scarlet and 4a. slate, tied to the reverse of local native Registered cover; fine and scarce (34, 40) |
£100.00 |
Poonch |
| 671 |
e |
POONCH: Selection of sixteen covers or cards and one front, each bearing various single frankings with a range of printings and shades represented, chiefly dated between 1889-94, incl. fifteen Indian postal stationery items, usual mixed condition, some fine |
£300.00 |
Sirmoor |
| * 672 |
e |
SIRMOOR: 1885-96 Raja Shamsher Parkash 3p. orange, 2a. carmine, used with 1894-99 Indian Elephant 3p. on large part of local envelope Registered to Nahan, Sirmoor State squared circle cancellations and with arrival datestamp of Oct. 29 1901 on reverse, faults affecting the adhesives and the envelope, nevertheless exceedingly rare (6, 9a, 22)
(Photo Plate 58) |
£1,800.00 |
| * 673 |
*O |
Selection of nine better items, comprising of Bijawar 1935-36 2a. deep green block of six, variety imperf. horizontally, part (brownish) o.g.; Bundi 1915-41 Official Type B ½a. black sheet of four each showing variety handstamp double, unused; Bussahir 1895 Imperf. 12a. green, good margins, unused and a little toned; Cochin 1946-48 perf. 11 x 13 2a. chocolate, unused, 1942-43 Official 9p. on 1½a. purple, part o.g. and showing small gum thin; Indore 1904-06 Official 3a. violet imperf. horizontal pair with misplaced "SERVICE" overprint, part o.g.; Kishangarh 1943-47 pin-perf 8a. violet sheet of ten, unused; Travancore 1934 Official Type 0 7 4ch. grey-green with black overprint, used (formerly listed as SG 062), 1930-39? 4ch. grey-green vertical pair from the top of the sheet, the top stamp with Type 0 8, the lower stamp with Type 0 6, unused and a scarce se-tenant pair, chiefly good to fine
(Photo Plate 56) |
£300.00 |
| Lot |
Symbol |
Description |
Est Price |
Federated Malay States |
| 696 |
S |
FEDERATED MALAY STATES: 1900 overprinted on Perak Elephant $1 to $25 overprinted "SPECIMEN", o.g. or large part o.g., fine and fresh. Cat. £550 (11s-14s)
(Photo Plate 60) |
£250.00 |
| 697 |
S |
--- 1900-01 wmk. Crown CC Elephant $1 to $25 overprinted "SPECIMEN", large part o.g. (hinge remainders), fresh colours and fine. Cat. £460 (23s-26s)
(Photo Plate 60) |
£200.00 |
Straits Settlements |
| 698 |
e |
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: 1893 ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO KOWLOON HONG KONG, franked 1892 1c. surcharge on 2c., 4c. (6), 6c. (4), 8c. (2) and 12c. (2), all tied or cancelled by "SINGAPORE/E/JU 10/93 c.d.s. cancellations, on reverse Hong Kong arrival c.d.s. of June 19, fine and scarce. An attractive five colour franking
(Photo Plate 61) |
£800.00 |
Kedah |
| 699 |
e |
KEDAH: 1921 (March 12), 10c. blue Registered envelope additionally franked 4c. and 10c., addressed to Bukit Tambun with "KUALA KETIL" Registration cachet and "A.R" marking alongside, Padang Serai transit and arrival c.d.s. of March 14 on reverse, small piece of tape also on reverse, fine and scarce
(Photo Plate 58) |
£200.00 |
| 700 |
e |
--- 1932 (June 30), "Dunlop" advertising envelope sent air mail to Germany (part of address erased), franked (on reverse), 1c. (vertical pair), 20c. and 40c., all tied by "GENERAL POST OFFICE/ALOR STAR-KEDAH" c.d.s. cancellations, "PENANG" c.d.s. above, fine
(Photo Plate 61) |
£150.00 |
Negri Sembilan |
| 701 |
** |
NEGRI SEMBILAN: 1961 Prepared for use but not issued 25th. Anniversary of the Accession 10c. multicoloured, u.m., slightly yellowish gum as usual, fine and scarce (Tan NSU1)
(Photo Plate 60) |
£300.00 |
| 702 |
** |
--- 10c., the same but a vertical pair, u.m., slightly yellowish gum as usual, fine (Tan NSU1)
(Photo Plate A) |
£600.00 |
Perak |
| 703 |
S |
PERAK: 1895 Wmk. Crown CC Elephant $2 to $25 overprinted "SPECIMEN", o.g. or large part o.g., fresh colours and fine (77s-80s)
(Photo Plate 60) |
£150.00 |
Selangor |
| 704 |
S |
SELANGOR: 1895-99 Elephant $10 and $25 overprinted "SPECIMEN", o.g. or part o.g., good appearance, the $25 with some faults. Cat. £415 (65s-66s)
(Photo Plate 60) |
£100.00 |
Malayan Postal Union |
| 705 |
e |
MALAYAN POSTAL UNION: 1958 (Oct.), Incoming Pakistan 2a. Postal Stationery airmail envelope additionally franked (on reverse) 4a. (2) with Nonar cancellations, Karachi RMS "T" marking in circle on front, 1951-58 4c. and 12c. Postage Dues affixed to reverse on arrival and tied by Ipoh c.d.s. of Oct. 27, fine
(Photo Plate 61) |
£80.00 |
| Lot |
Symbol |
Description |
Est Price |
| *712 |
O |
1848-59 "POST PAID" earliest impression 1d. vermilion, bars cancellation, a little touched or cut into at top, large to very large margins other sides, bright colour and a most presentable example of this great British Commonwealth classic rarity. Cat. £13,000. With "Royal" certificate (1960) (3)
(Photo Plate 60) |
£1,000.00 |
| 713 |
O |
--- Intermediate impression 2d. light blue, used, a little touched at top but clear to good margins other sides, creased, good appearance and scarce (14)
(Photo Plate 60) |
£750.00 |
| 714 |
O |
--- Worn impression 1d. red on yellowish, part of boxed "INLAND" cancellation, large margins all sides, fine for this issue (17)
(Photo Plate 60) |
£250.00 |
| *715 |
O |
1858-62 (4d.) green, large margins all sides, concentric circles cancellation, fine. Cat. £200 (27) |
£60.00 |
| *716 |
*O |
Selection of thirteen Britannia types, incl. 1858-62 (6d.) unused, 1859-61 6d. blue (6), 6d. dull purple-slate unused, 1/- (2), etc., mixed condition |
£120.00 |
| 717 |
e |
1899 (July 17), Registered envelope franked 1c., 36c. Diamond Jubilee, 50c. and 2r.50 on 5/- making a total of 3r.37, addressed to Germany, unclear "Ligne" markings and Dresden arrival c.d.s. of Aug. 26 on reverse, fine and scarce (91, 99, 101, 103)
(Photo Plate 61) |
£180.00 |
| 718 |
e |
1935 (Dec. 4), 20c. Registered postal stationery envelope addressed to France, additionally franked 5c., 25c. (3) and 1r. with oval G.P.O. Mauritius cancellations, Paris arrival c.d.s. on reverse, fine |
£75.00 |
| 719 |
** |
Booklets: 1953 5r. black on white cover, slightly rusty staples and the pane of four airmail labels attached to interleaving, otherwise fine. Cat. £180 (SB1) |
£70.00 |