377th Auction

1920 cover franked with 1917  1p violet x 2 each tied by "CHARKHARI STATE / 20 JL. 20" cds. The cover signed by H.D.S. Haverbeck. These stamps are very rare used on cover.

1921,  1 anna violet imperf on wove paper with variety, dot inside "O" (SG value £160)

Cover franked with a pair of the 1921  1a violet on wove paper imperf tied by two native cds, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £720)

Cover franked with two copies of the 1921  1a violet on laid paper perf. 11 tied by two native cds. BPA certificate (SG value £1000)

Cover (front missing) franked on reverse with 1943  ½a black on pelure paper + 2a greenish grey, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1980)

10 june 1944 registered cover franked with 1943  1/2 anna red + 1941  2 annas greenish grey (SG value £600)

Registered cover franked on reverse with 1930  ½a grey-brown & 1930  1a yellow-green horizontal pair, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £830)

Registered cover (front missing) franked on reverse with 1930  1/2a grey-brown + 1930  2a greyish green both tied by indistinct cds (SG value £1200)

Registered cover franked with 1/2 anna grey-brown + 2 annas greyish green both tied by indistinct cds, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1200)

Registered cover franked on reverse with 1940  1 anna red pair + single with blade flaw tied by Charkhari 28 June 48 cds with 30 June 48 delivery cds (SG value £600)

Registered cover franked with 1940  1a red x three copies tied by "CHARKHARI STATE POST OFFICE / 5 MAY 48" cds. A very late usage; SG states that "Charkhari became part of Madhya Pradesh by 1 May 1948", certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £600)

Registered cover from Chandla franked with 1a carmine horizontal strip of 3 tied by "CHANDLA / CHARKHARI STATE / 6 DEC 47" cds, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £600)

1931,  5 rupee turquoise & purple with error center doubly printed (SG value £325)

Folded Notice letter franked with 1909-19   2a dull violet blue & 1940  8a brown-red surcharged "½ A" with error surcharge double, one inverted. This stamp not recorded and possibly unique. RPSL certificate

1939,  1 anna on 1 rupee chestnut (SG value £225)

Palace cover from Trippunithura to Pariyaram bearing an oval seal  "H.H. THE MAHARAJAH'S PALACE / TRIPPUNITHURA" in violet with both Trippunithura and Pariyaram cds on reverse. Covers sent from the Palace did not require to be franked, a privilege that the Maharaja enjoyed.

1892  1/2p orange-buff sheet of 36 (SG value £162)

1892  2 puttans deep violet complete sheet of 12. Extremely rare in sheet format

1892  2p deep violet complete sheet of 12. Complete sheets of the first issue of Cochin are extremely rare.

1896,  1 puttan violet with sheet watermark (SG value £150)

1905,  1 puttan pink on horizontal laid paper, minor defects. RPSL certificate (SG value £2000)

1902  ½p green block of four with bottom left stamp sideways (SG value £2000)

1902-03 3p rosy-mauve horizontal pair surcharged "2" with error, right stamp surcharged with SG Type 7b. BPA certificate (SG value £200)

1902-03 3p rosy-mauve horizontal pair surcharged "2" with error, stamps tête-bêche. RPSL certificate (SG value £400)

1911  Die Proof of the 1 1/2a purple with two impressions, on the right without some inscriptions and denomination. Unique 

1930  2p brown Die II left marginal block of 16 with error left perforation column shifted to the left resulting in the stamps on the left being wider by 2mm. Gum toned and paper stuck on back.

1916,  4 p green horizontal imperf pair with watermark umbrella 

1922,  1 anna Die II block of 6 Plate Proof in green imperf

Cover addressed to the King of Cochin franked on reverse with 1948  1a orange

1924,  3 pies blue perf. 14x12.5 surcharged with SG Type 13  2 pies with error "Pies" for "pies", toned gum (SG value £500)

1922-29,  3 pies blue surcharged 2 pies marginal vertical strip of three with top and bottom stamps surcharged with SG Type 14 and middle stamp with SG Type 15 (SG value £200)

1938  2p brown perf 11 with error, watermark umbrella inverted (SG value £750)

1938,  1 anna brown-orange litho perf. 13x13.5 (SG value £275)

1938  color trial of 2 1/4a myrtle-green watermark umbrella perf. 11 in block of four. BPA certificate

1938,  4 pies green litho perf. 11 surcharged SG Type 20 "THREE PIES". Type 20 surcharge is not listed in SG on this stamp.

1939  1a brown-orange litho perf. 13x13½ overprinted "ANCHAL" (SG value £500)