377th Auction

1906,  1/4 anna orange overprinted "SERVICE" with error, "CE" of "SERVICE" omitted

1904,  1/2 anna lake overprinted "SERVICE" imperf block of four with overprint shifted to the right (SG value £300)

1904-06  1/2 anna lake vertical marginal pair, top stamp without overprint (SG value £900)

1904,  1 anna green overprinted "SERVICE" with error, overprint double, not listed in SG

1906,  3 annas violet overprinted "SERVICE" bottom marginal imperf pair with overprint shifted to right, crackled gum (SG value £450)

Bi-color Proofs of the 1 rupee Receipt stamp in five different colors

1 anna court fee in grey-blue complete imperf sheet of nine each stamp with small punch hole on bottom left and overprinted "WATERLOW & SONS LTD / SPECIMEN"

1893, cover back (front missing) franked with Indore 1 anna brown-red Court Fee stamp tied by Devnagri "E" (for Indore) in circle of bars with "AGRA 12 FEB 93" delivery cds. 

1/4 anna postcard with error, 3rd word in 3rd line of text misspelled reading "SIRNAGAHI" instead of "SIRNAMAHI"

1/4 anna postcard with error, 3rd word in 3rd line of text misspelled reading "SIRNAGAHI" instead of "SIRNAMAHI"

Folded letter franked with 1904  1/2 anna blue tied by Jaipur 1 Sept 04" cds (SG value £120)

1904  ½a deep blue on local cover.

8 March 1914 registered cover with boxed registration strike on front franked with 1906-08  1/2a blue x 2, 1a bright red and 2a deep green. A beautiful three color franking of the Perkins Bacon issue. It is a very late usage in 1914.

Plate Proof of the Perkins Bacon 1a in chocolate in an imperf block of 12 impressions on thin wove paper with manuscript annotation "V. Mahogany Lake (Bhopal)".

1912  1/4a olive Perf. 11 sheet containing three panes of 12

1930, registered cover franked with 14 copies (block of four, two strips of four + a pair) of 1/4 anna olive

Local cover franked with ¼a olive vertical pair with error, stamps imperforate horizontally tied by two strikes of "2 MAR 14" cds with "5 MAR 14"  delivery cds on reverse. This stamp unpriced used in SG, certificate ISES 2021.

1930, registered cover franked with 14 copies (two blocks of six + a pair) of 1/4 anna bistre

Registered cover franked with 1912-22  1/4 anna blue, 1 anna scarlet and 2 annas green, A beautiful three color franking

Jaipur 1/2 anna blue postal stationery envelope additionally franked with 1 anna carmine & 2 annas green with perforation error

½ a postal stationery envelope sent by registered post with boxed Jaipur registration strike on front additionally franked on reverse with 1922  1 a carmine single and a horizontal pair with error imperf between all tied by multiple strikes of "15 MAY 26" cds with "28 MAY 26" delivery cds on front & reverse. Believed to be the only known example of this error on cover, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £7600)

1922 registered cover franked, on reverse , with 192  1 anna scarlet block of four on reverse

½ a postal stationery envelope sent by registered post with boxed Jaipur registration strike on front additionally franked on reverse with 1926 3 a on 8 a bright violet with error surcharge inverted tied by native "KISHANGADH / 13 APR 34" cds with "SAWAI JAIPUR / 24 APR 34" delivery cds on reverse. Believed to be the only known example of this error on cover.

Jaipur 1/2 anna blue postal stationery envelope additionally franked with 1928  2 annas green

1931, Investiture set complete (SG value £800)

1936 cover franked with 1931  1a black & blue.

1946  8a black & chocolate with error frame printed double

1947 "3 PIES" in red on 1/4a black & violet bottom right marginal block of 10 with error "PIE" for "PIES" on stamp Pos. R1/5 and with error bars at left vertical on stamp Pos. R2/1 (SG value £364)

1947, cover franked with 1947  3pies on 1/2 anna black & violet pair + single (SG value £304)

Two philatelic covers franked with the complete set of the 1948 Silver Jubilee set tied by native cds dated 16 SEP 4?" (SG value £542)

Document addressed to the Post Master requesting a duplicate passbook as replacement for lost pass book with 1948 1rupee purple & green tied by Jaipur cds with manuscript annotation in red reading "Duplicate pass book has been issued file" in red. A very rare usage of the 1 rupee stamp (SG value £480)

1928-31  1 anna rose-red part sheet of 24 overprinted "SERVICE".

1931,  1/2 anna ultramarine overprinted "SERVICE" in thick block letters (SG value £275)

1928-31  ½a ultramarine overprinted "SERVICE" in red sans-serif bold letters. RPSL certificate (SG value £300)

1831,  1 anna black & blue overprinted "SERVICE" in red, faint horizontal crease not visible from front (SG value £900)

A group of 13 mostly stampless covers most bearing pre-stamp intaglio seals, some as many as 7 seals including a cover with oval Khetri strike. A very interesting group.