377th Auction

1922,  1/4 anna deep grey-blue smooth soft medium wove paper perf. 7 complete sheet of four (SG value £520)

Exhibit sheet with 1922  1/4a deep grey-blue clear impression on soft medium wove paper perf. 7 (SG 8) complete sheet of four and a similar complete sheet of four with poor impression in steel-blue (SG 9) including a single copy of the same but with error stamp perforated on all four sides

1922  1a vermillion on thick glazed wove paper perf. 11 vertical pair with error, stamps imperf between (SG value £800)

1922  1a vermillion on thick glazed wove paper perf 11, a complete booklet comprising of 8 booklet panes of four. This is the first Barwani booklet that was bound by a staple instead of twine / thread. The booklet covers have no text and no interleaf as the stamps were ungummed. Some minor reinforcements. Most likely unique, certificate ISES 2021.

Registered cover franked on reverse with 1922 1a vermillion & 2 anna purple + 1923  ¼a black perf 7 horizontal pair. A spectacular three color franking and the only known cover franked with the 1923  ¼a black, certificate ISES 2021.

1922  1a vermillion on thick glazed wove paper perf 11 with error, stamp printed double. This is the discovery copy that led to the listing of this stamp in SG in 1993. Possibly unique, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £2750)

Exhibit sheet with a registered cover from Khetia to Khetia franked with 1922  1a vermillion and 2a purple both on white glazed wove paper + 1/4a rose on horizontally laid battone paper all tied by undated "KHETIA / BARWANI STATE" cds. A spectacular very early three color franking cover of Barwani. Also a complete booklet pane of the 1922  1a vermillion on thick glazed wove paper.

1922  2a purple on thick glazed wove paper perf 11 with error stamp printed on both sides (partial impression on one side). This is the only known Barwani stamp printed on both sides, certificate ISES 2021.

1934 registered cover from Pansemal to Barwani City franked with a pair of the 1922  2a purple on thick glazed wove paper perf. 11 tied by two strikes of "PANSEMAL / 12 MAY 34" cds with "BARWANI / 13 may 34" delivery cds on reverse (SG value £200)

1936 registered cover from Pansemal to Barwani City with boxed "PANSEMAL" registration strike on front franked with 1922  2a violet horizontal pair tied by "PANSEMAL / 30 JULY 36" cds with "BARWANI 31 JULY 36" delivery cds. Note that the violet shade is rare compared to the purple shade.

1938, registered cover with boxed registration strike on front franked with a pair of 1922  2 anna purple tied by "PANSEMAL 31 DEC 38" cds with "BARWANI 1 JAN 39" delivery cds on reverse (SG value £192)

Registered cover from Khetia to Barwani City franked on reverse with 1922  2a purple tied by two strikes of  'KHETIA / RIYASAT BARWANI / 4 SEP 35"bilingual cds with "BAWANI / RIYASAT BARWANI / 7 SEP 35" bilingual delivery cds on reverse (SG value £192)

1933 registered cover from Pansemal to Barwani City with boxed "PANSEMAL" registration strike on front franked with 1922  2a purple + 1931  1a rose-carmine horizontal pair both tied by "PANSEMAL / 7 MARCH 33" cds with "BARWANI / 8 MARCH 33" delivery cds (SG value £338)

1922  2a purple on thick glazed wove paper perf. 11 cliché 4 with error, stamp printed double (SG value £550)

1936 registered cover from Pansemal to Barwani City franked on reverse with 1922  2a purple on thick glazed wove paper perf 11 with error stamps imperf between tied by "PANSEMAL 21 FEB 36" cds with "BARWANI / 28 FEB 36" delivery cds. This the only known cover bearing a pair of the 2a imperf between horizontal pair, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £2550)

1922  2a purple on thick glazed wove paper perf. 11 complete booklet pane of four with error, imperf between vertical pair x 2 (SG value £400)

Exhibit sheet with 1922  2a purple on thick toned wove paper perf. 11 complete sheet of four and a 1936 registered cover from Pansemal to Barwani City franked on reverse with 2a purple on thick toned wove paper perf. 11 horizontal pair tied by "PANSEMAL / 24 DEC 36" cds. A very late usage of the stamp that was issued 14 years earlier. It took the exhibitor over three decades to acquire a cover franked with this stamp. An exceptionally rare stamp used on cover

1922  ¼a grey vertical pair with error, stamps imperforate (SG value £700)

Exhibit page with 1922  1/4a grey a complete sheet on cream paper and a complete sheet on toned paper along with singles and pair in different shades.

1922  1/4 a grey on thin wove paper perf. 8.5 complete sheet of four with error horizontal row of perf missing resulting in two imperf between vertical pairs and another complete sheet in grey-blue with misaligned perfs.

Complete booklet with grey cover containing 16 sheets of four of the 1922  ¼a grey. Most Barwani booklets are known with eight sheets rather than sixteen. A very early Barwani booklet, not listed in SG, certificate ISES 2021.

Complete booklet with pink cover containing 16 sheets of four of the 1922  ¼a grey. Most Barwani booklets are known with eight sheets rather than sixteen. A very early Barwani booklet, not listed in SG, certificate ISES 2021.

1922,  1/4 anna grey vertical pair with margins on top and bottom Pin-perf 8.5 with error imperf between pair and between stamp and top margin (SG value £300)

Cover from Anjar to Barwani City franked with 1922  ¼a grey-blue perf 8½. This is the only cover franked with SG 13 that we are aware of. An extremely rare stamp used on cover, certificate ISES 2021.

Exhibit sheet with a complete booklet containing four panes of the 1923  1/2a green on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf. 11 along with two booklet panes of four and four singles in different shades.

1922  ½a green on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf 11 vertical pair with error, stamps imperf between, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1100)

Exhibit sheet with 1922  1/2a green on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf. 11 vertical pair with printed matter that was present on the paper before the stamps were printed, a booklet containing only two stamps and a 1926  cover from Pansemal to Barwani City.

Exhibit sheet with two covers each franked with the 1923  1/2a green on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf. 11

1923  1a brown-red on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf. 11. This is the rarest stamp of Barwani. BPA certificate (SG value £4250)

Registered cover franked with a pair of the 1922  ¼a grey (SG 13) and a pair + single of the 1923  1a brown-red on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf 11 all tied by undated Barwani cds. This is one of only two known covers bearing the 1923  1a brown-red (SG 15). Arguably the rarest and most important postal history item from Barwani, certificate ISES 2021.

1923,  1/2 anna green poor impression thick soft wove paper perf. 7 complete sheet of four (SG value £192)

March 1923  1/4a black on wove paper perf. 7 complete sheet of four. According to the Philatelic Journal of India (April 1925) only 1200 copies of this stamp were printed (SG value £380)

1923,  1/4 anna black  (SG value £650)

March 1923  ¼a black on wove paper perf 7 used. According to the Philatelic Journal of India (April 1925) only 1200 copies of this stamp were printed, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £650)

March 1923  ¼a black on wove paper perf 7 horizontal pair with error, imperf between. This is one of only two known imperf between pairs. Certificate ISES 2021.

1923  1/4 anna pink on horizontally laid paper without watermark, a complete sheet of 12 set up as booklet panes of four with gutter margins