377th Auction

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)

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)

1876  6p orange-vermillion with exceptionally large margins tied on back of cover (front missing) with the extremely rare three line intaglio seal cancel with "KAHUTA / OCT 14" transit cds and "CHOYA SADAN SHAH / OCT 17" delivery cds. 

Br. India QV ½a postal stationery envelope from Poonch to Amritsar franked on reverse with 1876  6p red with unusually large margins tied by large native intaglio seal cancel, Die cancelled by Sialkot "L-3/7" cancel with "KAHUTA OCT 30" transit cds and "AMRITSAR / NOV 1" delivery cds (SG value £900)

1883  ½a red on yellowish white wove paper block of four (SG value £340)

1883,  1 anna red on yellowish white wove paper with small stain on reverse (SG value £325)

1883,  2 annas red on yellowish white wove paper (SG value £750)

1883  2a red on yellowish white wove paper. Ex Garrat Adams (SG value £750)

1883  4a red on yellowish white wove paper block of four (SG value £900)

Registered cover (front missing) from Poonch to Rawalpindi franked with 1887  4 annas black on wove paper tied on back of cover with Poonch concentric of square cancel with Rawalpindi delivery cds. A rare stamp on cover, this stamp is unpriced in used condition in SG

1885-94, 1p to 4 annas in red on white ribbed battone paper, complete set (SG value £297)

Unaddressed philatelic cover franked with 1887  1p black on white laid battone paper two pairs one with stamps sideways all tied by Poonch 3 concentric of squares cancel. Envelope flap damaged (SG value £1178)

1891 India ½a green postal stationery envelope from Poonch to Rawalpindi (Pakistan) with original letter inside additionally franked on reverse with Poonch 1884-87  ½a red on white laid battone paper tied by 3 concentric of squares cancel, postal stationery indicium cancelled by squared circle "KAHUTA / 2 JL 91" strike and "RAWALPINDI / JU 4 91" delivery cds. 

1892 cover from Poonch to Rawalpindi (Pakistan) franked with 1/2 anna red on white paper tied by concentric of square cancel with two boxed "POSTAGE DUE / ONE ANNA" strikes to indicate that Imperial postage of 1/2 anna had not been paid and hence twice the deficiency (1 anna) was levied. With Kahuta transit cds and Rawalpindi delivery cds (SG value £225)

1885-94  19red on thick white laid paper used. An exceptionally rare stamp that is unpriced in SG in used condition.

1895-97  1a red on thick white laid paper (SG value £225)

1895-97  4a red on thick white laid paper (SG value £275)

1885-87,  4 annas red on thick white laid paper (SG value £275)

1884-87  1p red on yellow wove battone paper clock of 19 with seven tête-bêche pairs (SG value £552)

1885-94,  ½p red on orange-buff wove battone paper, pair (SG value £190)

1885-94 ½a red on orange-buff wove battone wove paper block of four (SG value £380)