377th Auction

1888  1a black on blue. BPA certificate (SG value £150)

1888,  2 annas black on green (SG value £250)

1888, 4 annas black on yellow wove paper in a block of 25, this being the 2nd largest multiple of SG 5 RPSL certificate (SG value £4500)

1888,  4 annas black on yellow (SG value £180)

1888, 4 annas black on rose wove paper in a block of 25, this being the 2nd largest multiple of SG 6 RPSL certificate (SG value £3000)

1890 Official Reprint of the 1888  1/4a black on yellow top left marginal block of 20. These Official Reprints were made to fulfil an order received by Bamra State from Stanley Gibbons in 1890.

1890-93  1/7a black on rose-lilac a reconstructed complete setting of 20 (missing one stamp from pos. 11) with errors "Quatrer" instead of "Quarter" pos. R1/3, "Eudatory" instead of "Feudatory" pos. R2/4 and Postage with inverted "e" pos. R2/3 (SG value £250)

1890-93  1/4a black on bright rose from the mixed complete Setting of 16, 10 stamps with capital "P" and 6 stamps with small "p".

Local cover franked with 1890-93 ¼a on bright rose tied by native cds with dates in Oriya instead of in English. Genuine non-philatelic covers of Bamra are rare.

1890-93  1/4a black on reddish purple bottom marginal block of 24 from the mixed Setting, 8 stamps with capital "P" and 16 stamps with small "p".

Cover with State crest on flap addressed to the Queen of Bamra franked with two examples of the ¼a black on reddish-purple tied by native cds with delivery cds on reverse.

State crested envelope with original letter enclosure written on Bamra official stationery addressed to the care of the Queen of Bamra franked with 1890-91  ¼a reddish purple horizontal pair cancelled by "BAMRA /7 DE 90" cds with Deogarh cds on reverse

Philatelic cover franked with 1890-93  ½a dull green tied by native cds

1890-93  1/2a blue-green left marginal block of 12 from the mixed Setting with capital "P" on 7 stamps and small "p" on 9 stamps with error, inverted "a" in "anna" on stamp pos. R3/3 (SG value £195)

1890-93  2a rose-lilac with error, "E" instead of "F" in "Feudatory" (SG value £325)

1890-93  2a dull rose horizontal se-tenant pair with large "P" and small "p" used on part document with punch holes. A rare fiscal usage of the postage stamps

1890-93  1R on bright rose with error, small "r" in "rupee" (SG value £475)

1890-93  1R bright rose with error, small "r" in "rupee" (SG value £475)

Native stampless cover with a large 38mm "BARMA / OC 5 1897" cds on reverse. Not previously recorded. Damage to flap.

Complete sheet of eight of perforated Bamra conch-shell labels; these labels are seen used on covers during the stamp issuing period of 1888-1895. Badly stained but the only complete sheet we know of.