377th Auction

1906,  1 anna perf. 13.5 color trial in reddish-brown block of four 

1904-10 1a Plate Proof in brown on thick card imperf block of nine.

1904-10 Mater 2a reforated Color Trials in five different colors on gummed paper mint never hinged with original gum.

1904-10  Proof of the 2a in blue (color of the 1 anna) imperf strip of three on the same paper as the issued stamps.

1904-10  2a olive-yellow perf 13½ top left corner marginal block of four Color Trial mint never hinged with original gum.

1904-10  1R green left marginal block of eight with perf 13 instead of 12½, toned gum

1904-10  2R olive-yellow perf 12½ (SG value £325)

1904-10  5R purple-brown horizontal pair (SG value £500)

1912  2a lilac on thick white chalk-surfaced paper inscribed "TWO ANNA" with thin and tear. ISES certificate (SG value £1200)

A group of five complete sheets of 10 or 20 

1913  1/4a pale blue complete sheet of 20 with error stamps imperf with additional error, "OUARTER" for "QUARTER" in QUARTER, "KISHANGAHR" instead of "KISHANGARH" and character in Devnagri denomination missing (SG value £195)

1913  Proof of the ¼a in blue on pink paper.

Blue card printed by Diamond Soap Works, the printers of postage & revenue stamps of Kishangarh, with 1913-16 1/4 anna, 1/2 anna, 1 anna & 2 annas stamps affixed on reverse as a sample of their work. The card with a printed message to the ruler of Kishangarh soliciting the business of printing the State's Revenue Stamp papers.

1913  1/4a blue two complete sheets of 20 from two different setting, the 1st with two blocks from the early setting of 10 with white gutter margin in between and the 2nd sheet from the later Setting of 20

1913-16  1a red imperf pair (SG value £275)

1913-16  1R mauve imperf pair with error stamps printed double. This is not listed in SG and possibly the only surviving pair from the unique imperforate sheet that was printed double. The imperf pair catalogues £450. ISES certificate

1913,  2 rupees deep green left marginal block of four (SG value £720)

1913-16 Plate Proof of the 5R in black on cream wove paper, right marginal horizontal pair, right stamp with pin-hole.

1928  1/2 anna three complete sheets of 10 in green, yellow-green and deep green; the deep-green with flaw in pos. 1 which is absent in the other two sheets.

1928-36  ½a deep green vertical pair with error, imperf between pair (SG value £375)

1928  1 anna two complete sheets from two different Settings, one in a Setting of 10 and the other from the rare Setting of 20, the first in carmine shade and the second in bright red.

1933, cover franked with 1928  1 anna carmine & 2 annas purple both tied by 18 Feb 33 cds

1928  2 annas purple, complete sheet from the rare Setting of 20

1928  8 annas two complete sheets from two different Settings, one in a Setting of 10 and the other from the rare Setting of 15, the first in deep mauve shade and the second in violet. There is separations between rows two and three in the sheet of 15 which has been reinforced with hinges.

1929,  5 rupees claret on think surfaced paper, top left corner marginal pair with error, stamps imperf (SG value £375)

1945  1/4 anna pale dull blue complete sheet of 10

1944-45  1/4a pale dull blue, 1/2a deep green & 1a carmine-red all in complete sheets of 10

1945  1/a pale dull blue complete sheet of 10 with error, stamps imperf (SG value £300)

1947  ½ a greenish-blue vertical pair with error, imperf between. Not listed in SG.

19 April 1946 Folded brochure printed "PER BOOK POST" franked with 1947  1/4a greenish-blue pin-perf on thick soft unsurfaced paper tied by two strikes of "KISHANGARH / RAJ POST / 19 MAR 46" cds. SG lists the date of issue as 1947, this cover most likely the earliest known usage and predates SG listing by nine months.

1944,  1/2 anna deep green on thick soft unsurfaced paper, complete imperf sheet of 10 (SG value £225)

May 8, 1940 folded Court Notice cover franked with 1 anna carmine-red imperf horizontal strip of four tied by "ARAIN / RAJ POST MAY 8" double ring cds (SG value £540)

1948 folded Notice cover franked with 1943-47 printing on thick soft unsurfaced wove paper 1a carmine-red single, 1a carmine-red horizontal imperf pair + 2a maroon horizontal imperf pair all tied by four strikes of "KISHANGARH STATE POST / 9 JLY 48" cds, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £946)

1947  1a red-orange vertical pair with error, imperf between. Not listed in SG.

Cover (reduced on right) franked on reverse with 1947-47  1a red-orange imperf block of four tied by "KISHANGARH / RAJ POST / 12 MAR 47" cds (SG value £1620)

1947  2a maroon on thick soft unsurfaced wove paper, complete imperf sheet of ten (SG value £450)