377th Auction

Cover from Anjar to Barwani City franked with 1922  ¼a grey-blue perf 8½. This is the only cover franked with SG 13 that we are aware of. An extremely rare stamp used on cover, certificate ISES 2021.

Exhibit sheet with a complete booklet containing four panes of the 1923  1/2a green on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf. 11 along with two booklet panes of four and four singles in different shades.

1922  ½a green on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf 11 vertical pair with error, stamps imperf between, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1100)

Exhibit sheet with 1922  1/2a green on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf. 11 vertical pair with printed matter that was present on the paper before the stamps were printed, a booklet containing only two stamps and a 1926  cover from Pansemal to Barwani City.

Exhibit sheet with two covers each franked with the 1923  1/2a green on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf. 11

1923  1a brown-red on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf. 11. This is the rarest stamp of Barwani. BPA certificate (SG value £4250)

Registered cover franked with a pair of the 1922  ¼a grey (SG 13) and a pair + single of the 1923  1a brown-red on thin smooth unglazed wove paper perf 11 all tied by undated Barwani cds. This is one of only two known covers bearing the 1923  1a brown-red (SG 15). Arguably the rarest and most important postal history item from Barwani, certificate ISES 2021.

1923,  1/2 anna green poor impression thick soft wove paper perf. 7 complete sheet of four (SG value £192)

March 1923  1/4a black on wove paper perf. 7 complete sheet of four. According to the Philatelic Journal of India (April 1925) only 1200 copies of this stamp were printed (SG value £380)

1923,  1/4 anna black  (SG value £650)

March 1923  ¼a black on wove paper perf 7 used. According to the Philatelic Journal of India (April 1925) only 1200 copies of this stamp were printed, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £650)

March 1923  ¼a black on wove paper perf 7 horizontal pair with error, imperf between. This is one of only two known imperf between pairs. Certificate ISES 2021.

1923  1/4 anna pink on horizontally laid paper without watermark, a complete sheet of 12 set up as booklet panes of four with gutter margins

1923  1/4a red-brown on vertical laid paper imperf sheet of four. Possibly an essay or Proof.

Exhibit sheet with a complete sheet of 12 of the May 1923  1/4 a rose on horizontally battone paper perf. 12

May 1923  1/a rose on laid battone paper perf 12 vertical pair with error, stamps imperf between, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £900)

Exhibit sheet with a complete sheet of 12 of the May 1923  ¼ a rose on horizontally laid battone paper perf 12 with error middle row of perforation missing resulting in six imperf between vertical pairs, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £3975)

1923,  1/4 anna rose vertical pair pin-perf. 6 (SG value £240)

Exhibit sheet with a complete sheet of 12 of the May 1923  ¼ a rose on horizontally laid battone paper pin-perf 6 along with a marginal used copy and a block of four with top right stamp pin-perf x perf 12, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £3975)

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)