377th Auction

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)

Registered cover Khetia to Barwani City franked with a pair of the 2a rose carmine from the wide setting tied by "KHETIA / 4 MAR 46" cds. Believed to be one of only two known covers franked with the 2a rose-carmine, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £7200)

4 annas olive-green complete booklet pane of four (SG value £128)

Registered cover from Palisud to Rajpur with boxed Registration strike on front franked with 1947  4a olive-green from the wide Setting (7th printing) (SG value £210)

Registered cover from Pansemal to Barwani City with boxed registration strike on front franked on reverse with March 1945  4a olive-green from the wide Setting (6th printing) tied by "PANSEMAL / 5 MAY 45" cds and "BARWANI / 6 MAY 45" cds with year slug inverted. Note that only 800 copies of the 4 annas were printed from this Setting (SG value £210)

Exhibit sheet with stamps of Ranjit Singh from the 2nd Printing

July 1933 Imperf Plate Proof of the ¼a slate horizontal pair (cliché 1 & 2) from the 2nd Printing on vertical mesh paper.

July 1933 Imperf Plate Proof of the ½a myrtle-green (cliché 1) from the 2nd Printing on vertical mesh paper, certificate ISES 2021.

1937 cover from Barwani City to Khetia franked with 1/2a blue-green vertical pair (2nd printing) tied by "BARWANI 30 AUG 37" cds with "KHETIA / 31 AUG 37" delivery cds (SG value £192)

July 1933 Imperf Plate Proof of the 1a brown (cliché 1) from the 2nd Printing on vertical mesh paper, certificate ISES 2021.

Registered cover franked on reverse with 1933-47  1a brown from the close Setting block of four.

1937 registered cover from Anjar to Anjar franked with 1a brown (2nd printing) block of four cancelled by "ANJAR / 11 NOV 37" cds (SG value £252)

July 1933 Imperf die Proof of the 1a brown (cliché 1) from the 2nd Printing on vertical mesh paper, certificate ISES 2021.

14 May 1936 Registered cover from Rajpur franked with July 1933  4a sage-green (2nd printing) tied by "RAJPUR / 14 MAY 36" cds (SG value £570)

23 Sept 1940 Registered cover from Ketia to Barwani City franked with July 1933  4a sage-green (2nd printing) tied by "KETIA 23 SEPT 40" cds and "BARWANI / 26 SEPT 40" delivery cds. A very late usage of the 4a 2nd printing (SG value £570)

1939-47,  1/4 anna to 4 annas complete set including shades (SG value £339)

Exhibit sheet with March 1945  ¼a black and ½a yellow-green from the 6th Printing both in complete booklet panes of four and a wrapper bearing ½a yellow-green posted at the Printed Matter Rate. According to the exhibitor, this is one of only two known examples of Barwani Printed Matter wrapper.  

1945,  1/2 anna yellow-green complete booklet comprising of 8 booklet panes of four with white tissue with "32" in red crayon to indicate that the booklet contained 32 stamps, catalogue value as single stamps £240

Exhibit sheet with a complete exploded booklet displaying all eight panes and the interleaves and booklet cover

Exhibit sheet with 1948  1a brown exploded booklet containing all eight panes and interleafing and cover of the 1a brown. Wide setting from the 8th Printing

Handmade cover from Pansemal to Barwani City franked with 1948  1a brown from the wide setting (8th Printing) tied by "PANSEMAL / 4 JAN 48" cds with "BARWANI / 3 JAN 48" delivery cds. The date slug is incorrect and the year slug is inverted. This is the earliest known usage of the 1a from the 8th Printing which, according to Barwani archives, was issued in 1948.The 1a brown from the 8th Printing is rare used on cover as they were used for a very short span from January 1948 till the closure of the Barwani Post on 30 June 1948.

Exhibit sheet with March 1945  1a brown complete booklet pane of four from the 6th Printing and a 10 June 1947 cover from Palsud to Barwani City

March 1939  2a bright-purple Wide Setting (4th printing) complete booklet pane of four (SG value £680)

March 1939  2a bright-purple Wide Setting (4th printing) vertical pair (cliché 3 & 2) on registered cover from Palsud to Barwani City, stamps tied by "PALSUD / 25 MAY 44"  cds with "BARWANI / 29 MAY 44"  delivery cds, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £2400)

1947  2a rose-carmine from the wide Setting (7th printing) complete booklet pane of four (SG value £180)

1945,  2 annas rose-carmine complete sheet of four, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps never hinged (SG value £180)

March 1945  2a rose-carmine complete sheet of four from the 6th Printing. Very rare as only 400 stamps were printed.

1941,  4 annas sage-green complete booklet pane of 4, toned gum (SG value £240)

1941  4a sage-green (5th printing) complete booklet pane of four, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps never hinged (SG value £240)

Exhibit sheet with three complete booklet panes of four from the 6th Printing. This is a rare printing as only 800 stamps were printed (SG value £720)

Exhibit sheet with two registered covers, the first cover from Barwani City to Barwani City franked with 1941  4a sage-green wide margins (5th printing) cliché 2 tied by Barwani cds with boxed "BARWANI" registration strike on front. The second cover from Pansemal to Pansemal also franked with 1941  4a sage-green wide margins (5th printing) cliché 3 tied by "PANSEMAL / 1 OCT 42" cds. The 2nd cover with RPSL certificate (SG value £660)