380th Auction

1885-94  1/2 anna red on yellow-green horizontal laid paper, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £2500)

1885-94  1/2 anna red on yellow-green vertical laid paper, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £2500)

1885/94, 1 p. on laid blue paper, part sheet of 40 stamps with reverse side annotation "These stamps are part of the postal stock of my territory and stamped office the year 1942, Baldeo Singh, Raja of Poonch"

1887, 4 a. black in block of 12 with three tete-beche pairs and one pair with one stamp sideways, unused, 2 pre-folds between stamps

Wove paper: 4 a. black in block of 4 with one stamp sideways and one stamp with paper makers embossing, goodd margins, unused, light crease in the lower pair, most likely unique, certificate ISES (2022)

1947 Shahpura 1 anna brick-red on wove paper postal-fiscal pin-perf. 7 handstamped "RAJASTHAN" in purple. Shahpura became part of Rajasthan State, not listed in SG. ISES certificate

Registered cover with registry number "75" and dated "29-12-48" in manuscript franked on reverse with six cut-outs (one strongly defective) of Kishangarh 1/2 anna brown postal stationery envelope handstamped with "RAJASTHAN" in red tied by large "ARAIN 29 DEC" cds. These postal stationery envelopes were used as cut-outs because of the very brittle paper, from which these envelopes were produced, rendered them unusable as envelopes.

1948  Bundi 2a vermillion bottom right corner marginal copy handstamped "RAJASTHAN" in blue with part offset of blue ink most likely from the envelope it was probably stuck onto. This stamp is unpriced in unused condition in SG

1950 Jaipur ¼ a. to 1 r., set missing 3/4a, 1a & 2a, with overprinted "RAJASTHAN" cancelled to order, as always (SG value £1304)

1950 Jaipur 4a, 6a, 8a & 1R (being the four top values of the set) overprinted "RAJASTHAN" each in a marginal block of ten (SG value £840)

Kishangarh 1913/16, 1 a. red, and 4a chestnut (Kishangarh SG 31b) handstamped "RAJASTHAN" in red (Rajasthan SG 30 var as the only listed stamp in SG is in chocolate, the chestnut shade is not listed) and Kishangarh 2a purple handstamped "RAJASTHAN" in red all tied by large double ring "KISHANGARH / 17 JAN 50" cds. to reverse of registered Notice cover , most interesting cover bearing both Kishangarh and Rajasthan stamps, certificate ISES 2021.

1948 Kishangarh 2R brown-red pin-perf handstamped "RAJASTHAN" in red (SG value £800)

1948-49, Kishangarh 5 rupees mauve handstamped RAJASTHAN in red (SG value £800)

1948-49 Kishangarh 8 annas grey block of four handstamped "RAJASTHAN" in red used with "KISHANGARH / 15 MAR 50" cds. Minor perf damage left side. RPSL certificate (SG value £1400)

1948/49, Kishangar 2 a. violet and 2 postal stationery cut-outs with violet handstamps , tied to reverse of cover

1948-49 Kishangarh 8a brown handstamped "RAJASTHAN" with error handstamp in blue instead of red. The blue handstamp, while recorded on other stamps,  has not been recorded on this stamp mamking this the discovery example and possibly unique.

1948-49  4a brown on thick soft unsurfaced wove paper with "RAJASTHAN" handstamp in violet instead of red. Note that the violet handstamp is recorded in other denominations but not for the 4 annas.

1880, 4 a. red in sheet of 20 without margins, unused, one stamp corner fault, otherwise very fine

19 Sept. 1948 folded entire from Shahpura to Dhikola franked with four copies of the 1 anna red Postal-Fiscal imperforate tied to cover with pen cancel (as always found). These stamps are not listed imperforate in SG, certificate ISES 2021.

22 October 1942 folded entire within Shahpura franked with 1 anna red Postal-Fiscal perf 12 block of four with manuscript cancel (as always found), certificate ISES 2021.

1948 cover franked with four single copies of the 1 anna red pin-perf 7 cancelled by manuscript initials as always the case, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1750)

1885/96, 3 p. orange, Type B, two copies, and 2 a. carmine, tied by "PAONTA / SIRMOOR STATE 28 OC 01" squared circle cancel 1901 to part envelope, registered from Paonta to Nahan  with "SIRMOOR STATE / NAHAN 29 OC 01" delivery cds on reverse. Internal franked Sirmoor covers are virtually unobtainable because the Maharaja of Sirmoor had issued strict orders to have the stamps removed from all articles of mail prior to delivery. Only a handful of such Sirmoor covers exist, the majority of franked Sirmoor covers are combination covers addressed to areas outside Sirmoor State. BPA certificate

1896, 1/2a yellowish green, tied by "SIRMOOR STATE / NAHAN / 15 JL 99" cds. to India QV 1/2a postal stationery envelope, rare. BPA certificate

Waterlow Proofs of 1899 complete set of four each in a corner marginal block of four each with a 3mm security punch hole from the unique sheet that was retained in the Waterlow archive.  Variously stained and without gum, certificate ISES 2021.

1892-97  3p orange overprinted "On S S S" with error overprint inverted. ISES certificate (SG value £900)

Waterlow Proofs of 1896-97 set (missing 1 anna) each in a corner marginal block of four (printed margin missing) each with a 3mm security punch hole from the unique sheet that was retained in the Waterlow archive. Variously stained and without gum.

3 pies orange SG Type "B" mixed Machine printed and handstamped; "On" SG Type 19 machine printed and "S S S" without stops handstamped SG Type 13. Unrecorded. Block of four, right stamps hinged, left stamps never hinged

3p chocolate from the 1st Printing handstamped "ON S S S". An extremely rare stamp, not listed in SG

1892/97, "On S.S.S." in type 13 on Elephant 6 d. green in vertical pair, imperforated between, unused with part original gum. A unique item. This stamp has not been listed so far in Stanley Gibbons, it's status is unknown. The pair without overprint already is a great rarity (SG23a). Certificate BPA (2013)

1864, 1 a. black in horizontal pair, used with manuscript cancellation on small fragment. A fine and very rare multiple. Certificate ISES (2022)

1870,  1 anna black on azure vertical laid paper with error complete set-off on reverse

1868, 1 a. black on azure, reconstruction of the sheet, with16 used copies, including variety on pos. 13

1870 Reprint with inscriptions in Devnagri with accents over first letters 1a red on white wove paper complete sheet of 16. Sheet with partial split in between stamps and three stamps with thin. Complete sheets of the early Reprints are rare.

1868-75  4a black on white laid paper with error, part double impression

1886, 1 a. green, complete sheet of 20 with large oval sheet watermark, unused, partly split

1886  4 a red on toned laid paper with lines close together perf 12 tow complete sheets of five printed tête-bêche on the opposite side of the paper