377th Auction

1935  1/2 anna black SG Type "F" on local cover, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1625)

1935,  1/2 anna black on horizontal laid paper complete sheet of four (SG value £440)

1935,  1/2 anna black  on vertical laid paper complete sheet of four, splitting between rouletting, minor holes in margin not affecting stamps (SG value £440)

1940, folded letter (back only) franked with eight copies of the 1935  1/2 anna black on vertical laid paper tied by "DAK RAJ BUNDI 23 NOV 40" cds. Cat. Value as single stamps £880

1935,  4 annas bright green on reverse of roughly opened cover

1936,  4 annas yellow-green on medium wove paper used with blue line across in ink (SG value £850)

1936  4 annas yellow-green on medium wove paper used on reverse tied by four rare small intaglio seal cancels, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1700)

1936,  4 annas yellow-green on reverse of registered cover with pink registration label on front with manuscript annotation in Devnargi by postal clerk indicating that the recipient refused to accept the letter (SG value £1700)

1938,  1/2 anna black vertical pair (SG value £160)

1938,  1/2 anna black two copies tied to folded letter (SG value £240)

Local cover with manuscript "JARURI" (Urgent) franked on reverse with 1938  1/2anna black tied by rare intaglio seal cancel (SG value £160)

2 July 1941 registered cover using a pre-printed registration envelope franked with 1940  1a rose + 2a bright apple-green. This is the only pre-printed registration envelope that we have come across (SG value £230)

1941, 4 rupees yellow-green & vermillion bottom right marginal copy (SG value £190)

1941  4R yellow-green & vermillion complete sheet of four (SG value £760)

1941,  4 rupee yellow-green & vermillion SG Type H bottom left corner marginal copy handstamped with "BUNDI SERVICE" in black small English letters. This stamp not previously recorded with overprint. It is of great interest that the overprint is the genuine type but the ink used is different from those used on previous issues. Most likely a new batch of ink was used to produce the last issues in 1941. An exceptionally rare item

1941,  5 rupees vermillion & yellow-green bottom left marginal copy (SG value £250)

1941  5R vermillion & yellow-green complete sheet of four, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1000)

1941,  5 rupee vermillion & yellow-green SG Type H top right corner marginal copy handstamped with "BUNDI SERVICE" in black small English letters. This stamp not previously recorded with overprint. Note that the overprint is the genuine type but the ink used is different from those used on previous issues. Most likey a new batch of ink was used to produce the last issues in 1941. An exceptionally rare item

India KGI 9 pies postcard cancelled by Imperial "BUNDI 2 OCT 41" cds additionally franked with 1941  1/2 anna greenish-blue imperforate (this stamp is only listed with perf. 11) smudged printing giving it the appearance of being printed double tied by "DAK RAJ BUNDI 1 OCT 41" cds with "AJMER 4 OCT 41" delivery cds. In tatty condition but most likely a unique example of the stamp imperforate.

1940,  1 anna scarlet-vermillion (SG value £225)

1940,  1 anna scarlet-vermillion complete sheet of 4 without selvedge (SG value £900)

23 October 1941 registered postcard franked with 1940  1 anna rose pair + single with annotation in ink on front and back indicating that addressee refused to accept the registered postcards. It should be noted that registered poscrads from Bundi are very rare. Damage on top left with tape reinforcement (SG value £240)

8 Sept 1939, cover franked with a pair of the 1940  1 anna rose tied by two strikes of "DAK RAJ BUNDI 8 SEPT 39" cds. Quite possibly the earliest known usage which pre-dates the issue date listed in SG.

1940,  1 anna scarlet-vermillion block of 3 (one defective) on registered cover with annotation by in Devnargi by postal clerk indicating that the recipient refused to accept the letter (SG value £260)

28 Jan. 1942 registered cover with pink registration label on front franked, on reverse, with 1940  1a scarlet-vermillion + 1940  2a bright apple-green (SG value £235)

1940,  1 anna scarlet-vermillion & 2 annas bright apple-green on small registered cover, slightly reduced (SG value £235)

1940  ½a black horizontal pair (SG value £700)

1940,  1/2 anna black with superb intaglio cancel (SG value £180)

1940, part cover franked with 1940  1/2 anna black (SG value £360)

1940,  1/2 anna black perf. 11 franked on reverse of local cover (SG value £170)

1940,  2 annas bright apple-green bottom marginal horizontal pair, hinged on margins, stamps never hinged (SG value £160)

1941  3p deep blue (error of color, printed in the color of 6 pies) complete sheet of 12 + a complete sheet in bright blue for comparison.

1941  6p deep blue complete sheet of 12 from the later printing without gum (SG value £90)

20 Sept 1946, cover bearing 1941  6p deep blue, 1 anna orange-red and 2 annas brown overprinted "SERVICE". Most unusual cover bearing both postage and Official stamps.

1942, registered cover franked on reverse with 1941  6p deep blue, 1 a orange-red and 2 a chestnut  tied by small "DAK RAJ BUNDI 21 JULY 42" cds (SG value £274)

Registered cover franked with, on reverse, block of four + pair of 1941  6p deep blue in two different shades and 1947  1/2 anna violet tied to cover by manuscript in blue ink (SG value £446)