377th Auction

May 1923  1/4  rose on toned laid battone paper perf 7. Note that the perf 7  variety was only printed in sheets of four to be used to make booklets. Left stamp with hidden tear, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1700)

May 1923  1/4 rose on toned laid battone paper perf 7 block of three. Note that the perf 7  variety was only printed in sheets of four to be used to make booklets. Left stamp with hidden tear (SG value £5100)

Exhibit page with 1925  ¼ a blue on vertically laid battone paper perf 11 top marginal half sheet of four with error, stamps tête-bêche. This is from the unique discovery sheet, only one other such tête-bêche pair exists. Also a complete normal sheet, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £5000)

Exhibit sheet with homemade postcard from Silawad to Silawad franked with 1925  1/4a blue on vertically laid battone paper tied by "BARWANI STATE / SILAWAD" undated cds. Also two additional used examples.

28 October 1928 registered cover from Pansemal to Barwani City with boxed "PANSEMAL" registration strike franked with 1925  ¼a blue on horizontally laid battone paper complete sheet of 8 + part sheet of 6 and 1927  ½a yellow-green all tied by "PANSEMAL / 22 OCT 28" cds.

28 March 1933 registered cover within Barwani City to Barwani City franked on reverse with 1925  ¼a blue on laid battone paper x 2, a pair + 1929  ½a turquoise-green pair & single and a pair of the 1929  1a rose-carmine pair all tied by "BARWANI / 28 MARCH 33" cds. A spectacular three color franking of Barwani.

Exhibit sheet with a complete sheet of the 1927  1/4 a milky blue on thin brittle wove paper perf. 7 and a complete sheet of the 1927  1/2 a yellow-green on thin brittle wove paper perf. 7 along with a used postcard from Barwani City to Khetri printed from cliché 2 that was used to print the 1/2 a stamp.

Exhibition page with a complete sheet of the 1927  ½ a yellow-green on thin brittle wove paper perf 7 with cliché arrangement (1,4 / 2,3) with error middle column of perforation missing resulting in two imperf between horizontal pairs. This being the unique discovery sheet. Also a normal sheet wit the same previously unrecorded cliché arrangement, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £5000)

Cover back (front missing) franked with two booklet panes of four all tied by four strikes of bilingual "KHETIA / 2 MAY 29" cds, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1040)

1927,  4 a orange-brown (SG value £170)

1937  4a orange-brown on thin brittle wove paper perf. 7 complete sheet of four + a single in a very dark orange-brown shade (SG value £850)

11 Nov 1930 registered cover with boxed "BARWANI" registration strike franked with 1926  4a orange-brown on thin brittle wove paper perf 7 tied by "BARWANI / 11 NOV 30" cds (SG value £2250)

1927,  4 annas yellow-brown bottom left marginal copy (SG value £200)

Exhibit sheet with the 1926-27  4a yellow-brown on thick wove paper with sewing machine perf a single example and a complete sheet of four with error middle vertical perforation missing resulting in two imperf between horizontal pairs. This is the unique sheet with this error, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £13500)

Exhibit sheet with 1926-27  4a yellow-brown a complete booklet containing five panes from the 1st printing of the 4 a stamp. This is the only known booklet of this stamp, Unique. Also, two marginal copies. 

1927,  4 annas orange-brown (SG value £225)

1926-27  4a chestnut on thick wove paper with sewing machine perf. (4th Printing) Complete sheet reconstruction (SG value £900)

Exhibit sheet with a complete sheet of four of the 1928  1/4a deep bring blue perf. 7 and a complete sheet of four of the 1928  1/2a bright yellow green perf. 7 (SG value £240)

1928,  1/4 anna ultramarine complete sheet of eight with error left block of four printed upside down

Exhibit sheet with two complete tête-bêche sheets of eight of the November 1928 printing of the  1/4 a ultramarine and 1/2 a, apple-green

Exhibit sheet with two complete tête-bêche sheets of eight of the November 1928  1/2a, one in apple-green and the other in yellow-green

1929,  1/4 anna complete sheet of eight, top block in indigo, bottom in bright blue

1928  ¼ a printed on thick glazed paper perf 11 complete sheet of eight using two impressions from the setting of four clichés, top setting of four printed in indigo and the bottom setting of four printed in bright blue with error, 2nd, 3rd and 4th row of perforations missing resulting in two vertical strips of three with stamps imperf between. Not listed in SG and most likely unique, certificate ISES 2021.

Exhibit sheet with two complete sheets of eight of the 1929  1/4a perf. 11, left sheet with top four stamps in light indigo and the bottom four stamps in deep dull blue; the right sheet with top four stamps on dark indigo and the bottom four stamps in dull blue.

1929, 1/4 anna indigo horizontal pair with error, imperf between (SG value £180)

1928  ¼ a printed on thick glazed paper perf 11 complete sheet of eight using two impressions from the Setting of four clichés, top Setting of four printed in indigo and the bottom Setting of four printed in bright blue with error, middle vertical perforation missing resulting in four imperf between horizontal pairs, two in indigo and two in bright-blue (imperf between error not listed in bright blue in SG), certificate ISES 2021.

Exhibit sheet with two complete sheets of eight of the 1930-32 1/4a ultramarine and deep blue, each sheet from a different printing.

Exhibit sheet with a complete sheet of eight from Printing 2 of the 1/4a bright blue perf. 11 and a complete sheet of eight from Printing 3 of the 1/2a myrtle-green perf. 11,

1929,  1/2 anna complete sheet of eight, top block of four in myrtle-green shade and bottom block in turquoise-green shade

1928  1/2 a printed on thick glazed paper perf. 11 complete sheet of eight using two impressions from the Setting of four clichés. Left Setting of four printed in myrtle-green and the right Setting of four printed in emerald-green. 

1929  ½a turquoise-green perf 11 (4th printing) complete sheet of eight with error middle row of perforation missing resulting in four imperf between vertical pairs, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £4000)

Exhibit sheet with a 16 Aug 37 cover from Palsud to Mandwada franked with a pair of the 1929  1/2a light turquoise-green pair and another 7 Dec 38 cover from Pansemal to Mandwada franked with a  pair of the 1/2a dark turquoise-green stamps.

Exhibit sheet with 1931  1a rose-carmine complete sheet of eight

1932 local cover franked with 1931  1 anna rose-carmine (SG value £225)

1933 Registered cover from Rajpur to Rajpur with "ON STATE SERVICE" pre-printed acknowledgement slip cancelled "RAJPUR / 19 JAN 33" cds still attached to the front of the letter franked on reverse with 1931  1a rose-carmine sheet of four tied by four strikes of Rajpur cds. RPSL certificate

Cover from Palsud to Barwani City franked on reverse with 1931  1a rose-carmine with error, stamp wider by 2mm, tied by "PALSUD / RIYASAT BARWANI / 3 JUNE 32" bilingual cds with same Palsud cds on front with "BARWANI / RIYASAT BARWANI / JUNE 32 / 4" delivery cds on front.