377th Auction

1894  1/2a yellow-green complete sheet of 16 handstamped "M.B.D." inside oval in purple. Minor splitting on two edges reinforced with hinges (SG value £160)

1877  1doc imperf on horizontal laid paper, two complete sheets of 32 in blue and slate-blue, both from the same Setting.

1 doc. Slate-blue perf. 12.5 (SG value £170)

1877,  1 doc black on mauve used on piece (SG value £500)

1877,  1 doc. Deep mauve stamp 19 mm wide used on piece with intaglio oval seal cancel (SG value £500)

1877  1 doc. Deep mauve stamp 14½ mm wide used on piece with intaglio oval seal cancel, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1000)

1880,  1 doc. Black on rose, complete sheet of 15 each stamp overprinted "Specimen"

1880  2doc on yellow-green stamps 15mm wide complete sheet of 15

1880  2doc on blue-green stamps 15mm wide complete sheet of 15

1880,  2 doc black with error printed on yellow wove paper instead of green wove paper (SG value £500)

1880  3doc on orange-yellow stamps 15mm wide complete sheet of 15

1897,  1 anna violet vertical pair imperf between. This issue was prepared in 1897 with State authority but not put into use.

1913  1/2 anna green complete sheet of 8. RPSL certificate (SG value £400)

1914-35  1a carmine on laid paper (SG value £400)

1914-35  1a bottom right marginal copy with error of color, printed in yellow-orange (color of the 4 annas) instead of scarlet.

Registered cover from Tikamgarh to Tikamgarh franked with 1917 4a yellow-orange tied by "TIKAMGURH with boxed "R / ORCHA STATE / TIKAMGURH" registration strike. Damage to cover, away from stamp (SG value £520)

1935  ¼a to 1R set of 12 stamps each with a  security punch hole and overprinted "SPECIMEN"

¼a  chocolate, 1a scarlet, 2a vermillion, 4a slate & 8a magenta each overprinted "SPECIMEN, three with security punch holes.

1935,  1/4 anna carmine and slate instead of purple, top left corner horizontal marginal pair

1935  1/4 anna purple & slate block of 15 with error imperf between vertical pair x 5 (SG value £90)

5 July 1936 registered cover franked with 2 pairs + single of 1a myrtle-green & purple-brown tied by six strikes of Orcha State cds with boxed registration strike on obverse. BPA certificate (SG value £270)

Registered cover from Niwari to Jatara franked on reverse with 1935 1 anna myrtle-green & purple-brown two vertical imperf pairs each cancelled by "O" in circle of bars additionally tied by "TIKAMGARH23 DEC 37" cds with "JATARA / Orchha STATE / 24 DE 37", stamps defective, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £8160)

Registered cover from Baldeogurh to Tikamgarh with boxed registration strike on obverse franked on reverse with 1935 1a myrtle-green & purple-brown imperf + 4a deep reddish purple & sage-green tied by "BALDEOGURH / ORCHA STATE / 23 JL 38" with "TIKAMGARH / ORCHA STATE / 24 JL 38" delivery cds. BPA certificate (SG value £4000)

Registered cover from Pirthipure to Tikamgarh franked with 1935  4a deep reddish purple & sage-green tied by four strikes of "PIRTHIPURE / ORCHA STATE / 12 SE. 37" cds with "TIKAMGARH / ORCHA STATE / 14 SE. 37" delivery cds. BPA certificate (SG value £450)

1935  10r bronze-green & cerise irregular block of 6 with paper fold resulting in misaligned perforations

1939-42,  Complete set to 10 rupees (SG value £2160)

Registered cover from Tikamgurh to Satara franked with 1939  ½a yellow-green, 3/4a bright blue, 1¼ a blue and 1 ½a mauve tied by "O" in circle of bars with "TIKAMGURH / Orchha STATE / 26 SE 46" squared circle cds and "SATARA / Orchha STATE 27 SE 46" delivery cds on reverse. A spectacular four color franking of Orchha State, the only one we are aware of, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1255)

Registered cover with boxed registration strike on front franked on reverse with 1939-42  ¾a bright blue block of four + 2a vermillion all tied by "O" in small oval of horizontal bars (SG value £1380)

1949, registered cover from Palera to Tikamgarh franked with 1939  1 anna scarlet block of four plus single tied by "O" in circle of bars cancel with "PALERA / ORCHA STATE / 2 OC 49" cds and "TIKAMGARH / ORCHA STATE / 2 OC 49" delivery cds. An extremely late usage in 1949; quite possibly the latest known usage of Orcha stamps. SG states that Orcha became part of Vidhya Pradesh by 1 May 1948"

Registered cover franked with 1939  1 anna scarlet block of four + a single

1945, cover addressed to the Maharaja of Orcha franked with 1939  1 anna scarlet x 2

1947 registered cover from Tikamgarh with boxed registration strike bearing a block of four + a single of the 1939-42  1a scarlet tied by four strikes of "TIKAMGARH 16 DEC 47" cds (SG value £256)

Registered cover from Degorah to Tikamgarh franked with 1939  1a scarlet & 3a slate-violet tied by "O" in circle of bars with "DEGORAH / ORCHA STATE / B.O. / 18 AU 42" dispatch cds and "TIKAMGARH / ORCHA STATE / 19 AU 42" delivery cds on reverse (SG value £832)

Registered cover franked with 1939  1 anna scarlet and 4 annas slate tied by Orcha State cds with Tikamgarh 24 AU 45 delivery cds on reverse (SG value £200)

Engalred photographic proof of the complete set of four accompanied with an original detailed double sided letter headlined "PRESS RELEASE / NOT TO BE PUBLISHED BEFORE JUNE 10, 1948" which talks, among other things  "The Muslim nation which has now regained its independence...." and describing in detail the four stamps.

Pre-stamp native cover with enclosure from Patiala to Ludhiana franked with native Patiala intaglio seal (Frank) with Rajpoora transit cds and Loodianna delivery cds on reverse. Less than six covers are known bearing  Patiala intaglio Frank.