377th Auction

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.

1931  4a salmon (7th printing), sheet of four with the cliché rearranged back to 1,2 / 3,4. This printing with the clichés rearranged back to their normal positions has not been previously recorded. A very rare sheet, certificate ISES 2021.

1931  4a orange (6th printing) complete sheet of eight with the cliché arrangement 2,4 / 3,1 . A very rare complete sheet of eight, certificate ISES 2021.

Homemade registered cover from Khetia to Pansemal with boxed "KHETIA" registration strike on front franked on reverse with the discovery copy of the 4a chestnut perf 11 (medium holes) from the 3rd Printing tied by "KHETIA 3 AUG 32" cds with "PANSEMAL 5 AUG 32" delivery cds. A unique cover, certificate ISES 2021.

Exhibit sheet with Registered cover with boxed "KHETIA" registration strike from Khetia to Pansemal franked with 1931  4a salmon perf 11 ties by "KHETIA / 14 OCT 42" cds, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £3975)

1931 registered cover from Khetia to Barwani City with boxed "KHETIA" registration strike franked with 1931  4a orange (6th printing) tied by "KHETIA / 31 MAR 31" cds in purple (very unusual) and "BARWANI / 20 MAR 31" delivery cds, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1275)

1931 registered cover from Pansemal to Barwani City franked with 1931  4a orange (6th printing) tied by "PANSEMAL / 4 DEC 31" cds and "BARWANI / 6 DEC 31" delivery cds, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1275)

Registered cover franked, on reverse, with 1931  4a orange-brown tied by bilingual Khetia cds. A rare stamp on cover, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1275)

1931  4a salmon Printing 7 bottom marginal horizontal pair with error, stamps imperf between. One of only two recorded, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £5000)

Circa 1932 hand drawn Essay in Indian ink and Chinese white for SG Type 4  1/4a Rana Devi Singh issue, endorsed "P614", "1an, 2, 4, 1/2, 1/4" and "3/4 + 7/8" ex Barwani State postal archive. BPA certificate

October 1932  ¼a slate Printing 1 imperf Plate Proof printed on toned wove paper with gum, paper with mesh similar to the 1st Printing. This is the only Plate Proof of the 1/4 anna stamp - unique, certificate ISES 2021.

Working Proof of the 1/4a SG Type 4 in black on wove paper for checking condition of cliché endorsed "Cancelled" in red manuscript. Ex Barwani archive and Unique, BPA certificate

Exhibit sheet with stamps in booklet panes of four of Devi Singh from the 1st Printing

Exhibit sheet with stamps of Devi Singh as well as a cover franked with 1a brown all from the 2nd Printing

Exhibition page with a booklet (stamps removed) and a booklet pane of the 1939 2a purple, a single of the 1/4 a grey, 2a purple and 4a olive-green, all from the 4th printing.

Exhibit sheet with stamps of Devi Singh from the 2nd printing, several with the rare compound perf.

Working Proof of the 1/2a SG Type 4 in black on wove paper for checking condition of cliché endorsed "Cancelled" in red manuscript. Ex Barwani archive and Unique, BPA certificate

31 August 1944 overweight cover within Barwani City to Barwani City franked with 1/2 a blue-green (5th printing) x 3 tied by "BARWANI / 31 AUG 44" cds (paying the 1.5 a, ordinary letter rate was 1 anna) with "BARWANI / 1 SEP 44"  delivery cds. This is one of only two known covers to the exhibitor that appear to have extra franking possibly due to the letter being overweight.