377th Auction

An assortment of five stamps each with manuscript "Cancelled" and initials of the postmaster from the Soruth archives. Heavily toned gum from having been stored in the Soruth archives for over 50 years.

1932,  3 annas black & carmine overprinted SARKARI with SG Type O3 (SG value £180)

1948,  3 annas black & carmine block of four surcharged "ONE ANNA" and overprinted "SERVICE", top left stamp with small "A" in "ANNA", catalogue £400 as normal single stamps

The unique copy of the sunken Die Proof of the 1a unadopted design. ISES certificate

1948  8a black & yellow-green overprinted "SERVICE" and surcharged "ONE ANNA" with variety, last "A" of "ANNA" inserted by hand. RPSL certificate

1948,  1 anna on 8 annas black & yellow-green overprinted "SERVICE" in red with error, "ANNE" for "ANNA" (SG value £750)

1949  1/2 anna black & deep blue top right corner marginal copy, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1000)

1879 Essay for the original Conch shell design in greenish-blue, one of three known, certificate ISES 2021.

1899-1904  2ch red watermark SG Type A horizontal pair with error, imperf between. Smaill thin in middle. ISES certificate (SG value £550)

1924-39,  14 ch orange-yellow top left corner marginal block of four (SG value £192)

1932,  1c on 1 1/4ch claret top right marginal vertical pair wit pre=printing paper fold resulting in misaligned perfs with error top stamp without surcharge (SG value £190)

Essay of a ½ch unissued design, unique.

Essay of a 4ca unissued design, unique.

Essay of a 4ca unissued design, unique.

Essay of a 12a unissued design, unique.

Cover from Eraniei to Trivandrum franked with a pair of 1943  2 cash on 1 1/2 chukram scarlet perf. 11 + a pair of 1946  6 cash blackish violet overprinted "SERVICE" revalidated for postage with overprint "SPECIAL" in orange with compound perf.

1943  3/4ch surcharged "8 CASH" complete sheet of 112 perf 12½ all around except the bottom four rows perf 12 resulting in 32 stamps with compound perf (SG value £992)

1946,  8 cash carmine perf. 12.5 block of 4 with streaky gum as always found (SG value £260)

1926,  10 cash pink overprinted "On S S" with error overprint double, unpriced in SG

1939  2ch orange perf 12½ overprinted "SERVICE" left marginal part sheet of 84 with error "SESVICE" instead of "SERVICE" in pos. R 6/5. Minor faults (SG value £917)

1941-42,  1 ch yellow-green compound perf (perf. 12 on top, rest 12.5) vertical pair with error imperf between (SG value £325)

1941  7ch blue compound perf (12½x13) complete sheet of 112 overprinted "SERVICE".A spectacular complete sheet of this very scarce stamp (SG value £7280)

1902,  5 cash reply postcard with perforations on top surcharged "FOUR CASH" in violet. According to Deschl three unused examples  and no used examples of this card have been recorded

A group of four complete sheets (SG 65d, 73e, O96e & O97) (SG value £3119)

1949  2p on 6ca perf 11 with error, surcharge double.

1949,  6 ca blackish violet perf. 14 surcharged "TWO PIES", unpriced in SG

1949, 1 ch green perf. 14 surcharged "HALF ANNA", unpriced in SG

1949,  2 ch orange perf. 13.5 surcharged "ONE ANNA" (SG value £250)

1949, Travancore 2 ch orange perf. 13.5 surcharged "ONE ANNA" with error surcharge double, not listed in SG

1949,  2 anna on 4 chukram red perf 11 with error "T" of "TWO ANNA" missing

1950  1a brown-orange with error, overprint inverted (SG value £300)

1950,  1 anna orange top right marginal block of four overprinted "T.C. / NINE PIES" with error albino overprint on top margin, most likely resulting from the margin being folded

1949,  4p on 8 cash perf. 12 overprinted "SERVICE" corner marginal block of six with error imperf between block of six and "O" in "FOUR" inverted on top left stamp. Note that imperf between block of four is listed in SG but not in block of six.

1949,  4 pies on 8 cash carmine perf 12 block of four overprinted "SERVICE" with error broken "R" which resembles "K" on bottom left stamp.

1949,  1 ch green compound perf, overprinted "SERVICE", surcharged "HALF ANNA" with error "AANA" instead of "ANNA (SG value £375)

1949,  1 anna on 2 ch. orange perf. 12 overprinted "SERVICE" block of six with error imperf between block of six. Note that imperf between block of four is listed in SG but not in block of six.