377th Auction

1913  1/2 anna green complete sheet of 8. RPSL certificate (SG value £400)

1914-35  1a carmine on laid paper (SG value £400)

1914-35  1a bottom right marginal copy with error of color, printed in yellow-orange (color of the 4 annas) instead of scarlet.

Registered cover from Tikamgarh to Tikamgarh franked with 1917 4a yellow-orange tied by "TIKAMGURH with boxed "R / ORCHA STATE / TIKAMGURH" registration strike. Damage to cover, away from stamp (SG value £520)

1935  ¼a to 1R set of 12 stamps each with a  security punch hole and overprinted "SPECIMEN"

¼a  chocolate, 1a scarlet, 2a vermillion, 4a slate & 8a magenta each overprinted "SPECIMEN, three with security punch holes.

1935,  1/4 anna carmine and slate instead of purple, top left corner horizontal marginal pair

1935  1/4 anna purple & slate block of 15 with error imperf between vertical pair x 5 (SG value £90)

5 July 1936 registered cover franked with 2 pairs + single of 1a myrtle-green & purple-brown tied by six strikes of Orcha State cds with boxed registration strike on obverse. BPA certificate (SG value £270)

Registered cover from Niwari to Jatara franked on reverse with 1935 1 anna myrtle-green & purple-brown two vertical imperf pairs each cancelled by "O" in circle of bars additionally tied by "TIKAMGARH23 DEC 37" cds with "JATARA / Orchha STATE / 24 DE 37", stamps defective, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £8160)

Registered cover from Baldeogurh to Tikamgarh with boxed registration strike on obverse franked on reverse with 1935 1a myrtle-green & purple-brown imperf + 4a deep reddish purple & sage-green tied by "BALDEOGURH / ORCHA STATE / 23 JL 38" with "TIKAMGARH / ORCHA STATE / 24 JL 38" delivery cds. BPA certificate (SG value £4000)

Registered cover from Pirthipure to Tikamgarh franked with 1935  4a deep reddish purple & sage-green tied by four strikes of "PIRTHIPURE / ORCHA STATE / 12 SE. 37" cds with "TIKAMGARH / ORCHA STATE / 14 SE. 37" delivery cds. BPA certificate (SG value £450)

1935  10r bronze-green & cerise irregular block of 6 with paper fold resulting in misaligned perforations

1939-42,  Complete set to 10 rupees (SG value £2160)

Registered cover from Tikamgurh to Satara franked with 1939  ½a yellow-green, 3/4a bright blue, 1¼ a blue and 1 ½a mauve tied by "O" in circle of bars with "TIKAMGURH / Orchha STATE / 26 SE 46" squared circle cds and "SATARA / Orchha STATE 27 SE 46" delivery cds on reverse. A spectacular four color franking of Orchha State, the only one we are aware of, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1255)

Registered cover with boxed registration strike on front franked on reverse with 1939-42  ¾a bright blue block of four + 2a vermillion all tied by "O" in small oval of horizontal bars (SG value £1380)

1949, registered cover from Palera to Tikamgarh franked with 1939  1 anna scarlet block of four plus single tied by "O" in circle of bars cancel with "PALERA / ORCHA STATE / 2 OC 49" cds and "TIKAMGARH / ORCHA STATE / 2 OC 49" delivery cds. An extremely late usage in 1949; quite possibly the latest known usage of Orcha stamps. SG states that Orcha became part of Vidhya Pradesh by 1 May 1948"

Registered cover franked with 1939  1 anna scarlet block of four + a single

1945, cover addressed to the Maharaja of Orcha franked with 1939  1 anna scarlet x 2

1947 registered cover from Tikamgarh with boxed registration strike bearing a block of four + a single of the 1939-42  1a scarlet tied by four strikes of "TIKAMGARH 16 DEC 47" cds (SG value £256)

Registered cover from Degorah to Tikamgarh franked with 1939  1a scarlet & 3a slate-violet tied by "O" in circle of bars with "DEGORAH / ORCHA STATE / B.O. / 18 AU 42" dispatch cds and "TIKAMGARH / ORCHA STATE / 19 AU 42" delivery cds on reverse (SG value £832)

Registered cover franked with 1939  1 anna scarlet and 4 annas slate tied by Orcha State cds with Tikamgarh 24 AU 45 delivery cds on reverse (SG value £200)

Engalred photographic proof of the complete set of four accompanied with an original detailed double sided letter headlined "PRESS RELEASE / NOT TO BE PUBLISHED BEFORE JUNE 10, 1948" which talks, among other things  "The Muslim nation which has now regained its independence...." and describing in detail the four stamps.

Pre-stamp native cover with enclosure from Patiala to Ludhiana franked with native Patiala intaglio seal (Frank) with Rajpoora transit cds and Loodianna delivery cds on reverse. Less than six covers are known bearing  Patiala intaglio Frank. 

1885  1 anna brown-purple vertical pair overprinted "PUTTIALLA STATE" in black with error, overprint double. Toned gum (SG value £650)

1891-96  1 anna plum watermark star perf. 14 overprinted with SG Type 3 vertical pair with error, upper stamp with "PATIALA" omitted. BPA certificate (SG value £400)

India 1903-06  1 anna carmine left marginal horizontal pair overprinted "PATIALA STATE"  with error, overprint misplaced to the right, toned gum. BPA certificate

1912-26  3p to 5R complete set (SG value £600)

9 April 1934 cover from Patiala to Italy franked with 1922  1.5 annas chocolate block of 9 + 2 annas purple with Italy delivery cds on reverse. Patiala stamps were not valid for postage to destinations outside India, a very unusual usage without any postage due being charged.

1941,  9p green (SG value £550)

1928-34,  1/2 anna green block of four overprinted "Telephone Service", unpriced in mint condition, toned gum

1928-34,  4 annas sage-green block of four overprinted "Telephone Service", unpriced in mint condition, toned gum

1884 India QV 1/4 anna + 1/4 anna message + reply postcard with only 24 holes instead of the normal 28 holes. According to Deschl "The perforated reply postcard has two types of perforations, #C2 has 28 holes over 120 mm and #C2a has 24 holes over 120 mm. One copy of #C2a recorded" . Deschl also records the error in spelling "PUTTIALIA" instead of "PUTTIALLA" as the C2b. This postcard has both errors listed as C2a & C2b (24 holes and spelling error on reply portion) which most certainly makes this a unique example and perhaps the greatest rarity of Patiala postal stationery. Few trivial perf separations

1884 India QV 1/4 anna + 1/4 anna message + reply postcard with spelling error "PUTTIALIA" instead of "PUTTIALLA" on reply portion, part paper stuck on back of reply portion. Unpriced in Deschl.

Folded stampless letter with boxed postage due strike "MAHSUL ANNA" (to collect anna) with "1" in manuscript bearing small Bundi cds

1876,  6p red on yellowish wove paper cancelled by Intaglio seal cancel with paper backing from the cover it was affixed to (SG value £300)