377th Auction

Circa 1932 hand drawn Essay in Indian ink and Chinese white for SG Type 4  1/4a Rana Devi Singh issue, endorsed "P614", "1an, 2, 4, 1/2, 1/4" and "3/4 + 7/8" ex Barwani State postal archive. BPA certificate

October 1932  ¼a slate Printing 1 imperf Plate Proof printed on toned wove paper with gum, paper with mesh similar to the 1st Printing. This is the only Plate Proof of the 1/4 anna stamp - unique, certificate ISES 2021.

Working Proof of the 1/4a SG Type 4 in black on wove paper for checking condition of cliché endorsed "Cancelled" in red manuscript. Ex Barwani archive and Unique, BPA certificate

Exhibit sheet with stamps in booklet panes of four of Devi Singh from the 1st Printing

Exhibit sheet with stamps of Devi Singh as well as a cover franked with 1a brown all from the 2nd Printing

Exhibition page with a booklet (stamps removed) and a booklet pane of the 1939 2a purple, a single of the 1/4 a grey, 2a purple and 4a olive-green, all from the 4th printing.

Exhibit sheet with stamps of Devi Singh from the 2nd printing, several with the rare compound perf.

Working Proof of the 1/2a SG Type 4 in black on wove paper for checking condition of cliché endorsed "Cancelled" in red manuscript. Ex Barwani archive and Unique, BPA certificate

31 August 1944 overweight cover within Barwani City to Barwani City franked with 1/2 a blue-green (5th printing) x 3 tied by "BARWANI / 31 AUG 44" cds (paying the 1.5 a, ordinary letter rate was 1 anna) with "BARWANI / 1 SEP 44"  delivery cds. This is one of only two known covers to the exhibitor that appear to have extra franking possibly due to the letter being overweight.

10 Sept 1942 homemade wrapper endorsed "Book Post" in manuscript from Barwani City to Rajpur franked with 1/2a blue-green (5th printing) tied by "BARWANI / 10 SEP 42" cds. This is one of only two known Barwani printed matter wrappers to the exhibitor. It proves that the postage rate for book post was half that of ordinary letters

Combination cover from Barwani to Germany and redirected to USA franked on reverse with ½a, 1a and 2a Devi Singh + ¼a and ½a Ranjit Singh stamps tied by four strikes of the native "BARWANI / SEP 4 47" cds in Devnagari additionally franked on obverse with India KGVI ½a + 1½a pair tied by Imperial "BARWANI 5 SEP 47" cds. This is believed to be the only known combination cover bearing both Barwani and India stamps. Unique, certificate ISES 2021.

Working Proof of the 1a SG Type 4 in black on wove paper for checking condition of cliché endorsed "Cancelled" in red manuscript. Ex Barwani archive and Unique, BPA certificate

October 1932  1a brown Printing 1 imperf Plate Proof printed on wove paper with gum, paper with mesh similar to the 1st Printing. This is the only Plate Proof of the 1 anna stamp - unique, certificate ISES 2021.

October 1932  1a brown from the 1st Printing compound perf 11x12 marginal horizontal pair with error stamps imperf between, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £2500)

Working Proof of the 2a SG Type 4 in black on wove paper for checking condition of cliché endorsed "Cancelled" in red manuscript. Ex Barwani archive and Unique, BPA certificate

1934 registered cover from Barwani City to Pansemal franked with a pair of the 1932  2a purple compound perf 12 x 11 (1st printing) tied by two strikes of "BARWANI / 26 FEB 34" cds (SG value £280)

October 1932  4a olive-green Printing 1 imperf Plate Proof printed on wove paper without gum, paper with mesh similar to the 1st Printing. This is the only Plate Proof of the 1 anna stamp - unique, certificate ISES 2021.

Working Proof of the 4a SG Type 4 in black on wove paper for checking condition of cliché endorsed "Cancelled" in red manuscript. Ex Barwani archive and Unique, BPA certificate

1937  4a olive-green (3rd printing) horizontal pair + 1937  1a brown (3rd printing) booklet pane of four (SG value £264)

Exhibit page with registered covers from Rajpur to Rajpur and another cover from Barwani City to Barwani City, both franked with 4a olive-green (3rd Printing).

1933 registered cover from Pansemal to Barwani City with boxed "PANSEMAL" registration strike on front franked with 1922  4 a olive-green tied by "PANSEMAL / 10 OCT 33" cds with "BARWANI / 11 OCT 33" delivery cds (SG value £150)

Registered cover franked with 1932  4a olive-green tied by indistinct cds dated 19 june 38 cds with delivery cds dated 19 June 38 (SG value £150)

1945-47  1/4 anna to 4 annas complete set including shades, 2 annas rose-carmine, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1204)

Exhibit sheet with all stamps from the 6th printing of Rana Devi Singh and Rana Ranjit Singh including Devi Singh 2a rose-carmine (SG 35aB) of which only 400 copies were printed and 4a olive-green (SG 36B) of which only 800 copies were printed and Rana Ranjit Singh 2a rose-carmine (SG 41B) of which only 400 copies were printed (SG value £1280)

Exhibit sheet with single and a booklet pane of the ¼a slate and ½a blue-green, all from the 6th Printing.

Complete booklet containing 8 sheets of four of 1/4 anna slate from the wide setting (Setting VI) with black tissue cover

Registered cover from Rajpur to Barwani City franked with Devi Singh ¼ a slate from the wide setting two horizontal pairs and 2a purple from the narrow setting on the front and a complete sheet of four of the ¼ a slate from the wide setting all tied by multiple strikes of the "RAJPUR / 21 NOV 35" cds with acknowledgement affixed on reverse. This is a very early usage of the ¼ a Devi Singh stamp from the wide setting which is listed as having been issued in 1945 (10 years later) by SG. Ex. E.D. Bates 

Exhibition page with 1948 1/4 a slate booklet pane of four from the 9th printing used on cover to pay the ordinary postal rate of 1 anna.  According to the exhibitor, this is the only used item from the 9th printing. Also included a booklet pane of the 1/4 a Ranjit Singh and a booklet pane of the 1/4 a Dev Singh.

Exhibit sheet with ½a blue-green, 1a brown & 4a olive-green all in complete booklet panes of four wide setting from the 7th Printing.

1945,  1/2 anna blue-green two sheetlets of four tied to the back of cover (front missing), one stamp with filing hole (SG value £280)

Exhibit sheet with two homemade postcards, each franked with  1/2a blue-green from the 6th Printing

Exhibit sheet with a cover franked with 1 anna brown (5th Printing) from Barwani City to Pansemal and another cover franked with the same stamp from Rajpur to Barwani City.

Exhibit sheet with 1948  1a Devi Singh and 1a Ranjit Singh both perf 8½ complete booklet panes of four and a cover from Barwani City to Anjar franked with 1a Devi Singh perf 8½ from the 8th Printing tied by "BARWANI / 25 APR 48" cds and "ANJAR / 30 apr 48" cds. Cover repaired to enhance appearance. The 1a brown from the 8th Printing is rare used on cover as they were used for a very short span from early 1948 till the closure of the Barwani Post on 30 June 1948.

Exhibit sheet with handmade cover from Anjar to Barwani City franked with 1a brown wide setting from the 6th Printing tied by "ANJAR 22 JULY 46" cds and a registered cover from Palsud to Barwani City franked with the stamp in block of four cancelled by "PALSUD / 14 SEP 4" cds.

March 1945  2a rose-carmine from the wide setting (6th printing) complete booklet pane of four, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps never hinged. Only 400 stamps were printed, possibly the only known booklet pane of this stamp, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £4400)

March 1945  2a rose-carmine from the wide setting (6th printing) used with Barwani City cancel that was not used frequently. Only 400 stamps were printed very few were used and very few survived certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1800)