377th Auction

1896,  1/2 anna slate-grey used on cover (SG value £120)

1897,  1 anna to 1 rupee complete set including both shades of the 1 anna and 2 annas (SG value £1192)

1897-98,  1 anna red block of nine (SG value £234)

1897, philatelic cover franked with 1897  2 annas green tied by small "RAJ DAK BUNDI SEPT 19 97" cds (SG value £450)

1897,  8 annas indian-red vertical pair (SG value £450)

1898,  4 annas yellow-green horizontal strip of three (SG value £180)

1898-1900,  1/2 anna to 1 rupee complete set including 1 rupee on both laid and wove paper (SG value £178)

1898,  2 annas red (color of 1 anna) instead of pale green, error of color used on piece.

1898,  8 a indian-red block of four (SG value £168)

Cover franked with 1898  8a indian-red tied by "DAK RAJ BUNDI / 16 APR 12" cds with "DAK RAJ BUNDI / 17 APR 12" delivery cds on reverse (SG value £420)

1898,  1 rupee yellow on blue wove paper right marginal block of four (SG value £160)

1914,  1/2 anna black complete sheet of four with oval colorless embossing on bottom left with error, pre-printing paper fold affecting top right stamp

1914-23,  1/4 anna to 1 rupee complete set SG Type "A"

1915-23,  1/2 anna to 1 rupee SG Type "A complete set (SG value £187)

1914, 1/2anna black complete sheet of four with error stamps printed double, one albino. Unrecorded and possibly unique. RPSL cert

1916, registered cover franked with three copies of the 1914  1 anna vermillion each cancelled by the extremely rare "DAK RAJ BUNDI 12 JULY 16" cds without the dagger in the cds which was removed to mourn the death of a member of the royal family. This is the only recorded cover bearing four strikes of the Bundi cds without the dagger, unique.

Registered cover franked with 1923  2 annas deep green on medium wove paper & 1940  1 anna scarlet-vermillion both tied by "DAK RAJ BUNDI 8 OCT 39" cds with manuscript dated (10-10-39) annotation by two different postal clerk indicating that recipient refused to accept the letter. Earliest known usage of the 1 anna scarlet-vermillion perf. 11, SG lists issue date as 1940, this cover clearly dated 8 October 1939.

1917,  6 annas two complete sheets, one in cobalt and the other in grey-blue (SG value £256)

1917,  1 rupee reddish violet complete sheet of four (SG value £160)

1917,  1 rupee reddish violet complete sheet of four (SG value £160)

1 anna vermillion complete sheet of four with "OUR DAY" in top panel, "RAJ BUNDI" in bottom panel and "ONE ANNA" on bottom margin, certificate ISES 2021.

1925, cover addressed to the court franked on reverse with three vertical pairs of the 1923  1/4 anna indigo the left and right pairs from the mixed setting, top stamp SG Type "B" and bottom stamp SG Type "C" and the middle pair SG Type "B" all tied by "DAK RAJ BUNDI 4 SEP 25" cds with "DAK RAJ BUNDI SEP 8 25" delivery cds on front

1914-23  ½a black horizontal pair with error, last character in bottom tablet inverted on right stamp. This error has not yet been recorded.

5  July 1932 registered postcard franked with 1/2 anna black (SG Type B) + 3 annas red-brown (SG Type D) with manuscript annotation in red ink on front indicating that addressee refused to accept the registered postcard. It should be noted that registered postcrads from Bundi are very rare. Damage on top left with tape reinforcement (SG value £488)

1933, registered cover franked with 1914  1/2 anna black & 1918  3 annas red-brown each tied by "DAK RAJ BUNDI 9 JUNE 33" cds (SG value £488)

1924, registered cover franked on reverse with 1923  1 anna carmine single SG Type "C" and a horizontal pair of the 1 anna carmine from the mixed Setting, left stamp SG Type "B", right stamp SG Type "C" (SG value £572)

1923, cover franked on reverse with three copies of the 1923  1 anna red cancelled by superb strikes of "DAK RAJ BUNDI 14 SEP 23" cds (SG value £264)

India KGV 1/2 anna postal stationery envelope additionally franked, on reverse, with 1923  1 anna carmine SG Type "B" and two copies of 1923  1 anna carmine SG Type "C" cancelled by "DAK RAJ BUNDI" 1920 cds. This cover proves that the 1 anna carmine stamps in SG Type "B" and Type "C" were issued as early as 1920, not 1923 as stated in the SG catalogue. It is interesting to note that while the sender used the Imperial postal stationery the letter was never handled by the Imperial post.

1915-17,  4 annas two used copies, one  apple-green and the other olive-yellow (SG value £430)

1917,  6 annas deep ultramarine (SG value £160)

1917,  10 annas yellow-brown complete sheet of four from the mixed setting with pos. 1 SG Type "B", rest SG Type "C" (SG value £570)

1917,  12 annas sage-green complete sheet of four from the mixed setting with pos. 1 SG Type "B", rest SG Type "C" (SG value £628)

1917-41  Stanley Gibbons Type "C" set to 5 rupees with shades (SG value £2029)

1923-35,  1/4 anna indigo complete sheet of four from the rare mixed setting with pos. 1, 2 & 4 SG Type "C" and position 3 being SG Type "E". Listed as a rare setting by Harry Burgess; small tear in the lower left sheet margin only

1937,  1/4 anna cobalt on medium wove paper, horizontal pair from the mixed setting with SG Type "C" on left and SG Type "E" on right

1938, combination cover from Bundi to Bhawaniganj franked with India KGV 1 anna chocolate tied by Imperial "BUNDI 11 APR 39" cds additionally franked with two copies of Bundi 1937  1/4 anna cobalt on medium wove paper tied by "NAINWA 9 APR 38" cds with "BHAWANIGANJ 12 APR 38" delivery cds (SG value £385)