377th Auction

1880,  2 anna green (SG value £170)

Commercial pre-stamp cover bearing Shahpura 34mm circular intaglio seal

Commercial pre-stamp cover bearing Shahpura 38mm oval intaglio seal reading "RAJ DAK / SHAHPURA" (P.M.. Medhora type 4). 

1917  1p carmine on bluish grey perf 11 tied to cover with INTAGLIO SEAL. Stamp defective but never the less a very rare stamp on cover (SG value £2200)

1920-28  1p carmine on drab horizontal pair with manuscript cancel. Note that manuscript cancels were used for both postal and fiscal purposes making it virtually impossible to state with any certainty as to whether this pair was postally or fiscally used, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £2600)

22 June 1931 folded letter franked with 1 anna red Postal-Fiscal with manuscript cancel (as always found) (SG value £500)

19 Sept. 1948 folded entire from Shahpura to Dhikola franked with four copies of the 1 anna red Postal-Fiscal imperforate tied to cover with pen cancel (as always found). These stamps are not listed imperforate in SG, certificate ISES 2021.

22 October 1942 folded entire within Shahpura franked with 1 anna red Postal-Fiscal perf 12 block of four with manuscript cancel (as always found), certificate ISES 2021.

1947  1a red Postal-Fiscal pin-perf. Unpriced in unused condition

1947,  1 anna postal fiscal pin-perf 7, unpriced in SG

1948 cover franked with four single copies of the 1 anna red pin-perf 7 cancelled by manuscript initials as always the case, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1750)

Folded letter franked with 1932-47  1a red perf 12 cancelled by manuscript date "15.4.39" (as almost always the case) (SG value £500)

1941, Envelope with Shahpura State crest on flap franked with 1 anna red postal fiscal cancelled by manuscript (as always found) additionally franked with India KGV 1a3p mauve tied by Shahpura cds to Ajmer (SG value £500)

Stationery envelope bearing the state crest of Shahpura on flap in pale blue from Shahpura to Bhagera addressed to Thakur Pratap Singh, prince of Ketri. 

2 June 1927 Acknowledgement receipt for registered letter