380th Auction

1893 Die Proof of the ½a, 1a and 2a on thin wove paper. Central stamp with vertical crease and upper right corner torn and fixed with hinge.  Unique.

1893-94 1a intense red on vertically laid paper with wavy lines on three sides very fine and sharp printing indicative of an early Proof impression, the issued color being rose. Most attractive and most certainly unique.

1893  1doc black on thin wove paper vertical pair with error, perforated on top and sides but imperf at middle and bottom. ISES certificate

1914-35  1a bottom right marginal copy with error of color, printed in yellow-orange (color of the 4 annas) instead of scarlet.

1935, 1 a. myrtle-green & purple-brown, two vertical imperf pairs, cancelled by "O" in circle of bars d additionally tied by "TIKAMGARH23 DEC 37" cds to reverse of registered cover from Niwari to Jatara with "JATARA / Orchha STATE / 24 DE 37", stamps defective, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £8160)

1935, 1a myrtle-green & purple-brown, imperf., and 4a deep reddish purple & sage-green, tied by "BALDEOGURH / ORCHA STATE / 23 JL 38" to reverse of registered cover from Baldeogurh to Tikamgarh with boxed registration strike on obverse and with "TIKAMGARH / ORCHA STATE / 24 JL 38" delivery cds., BPA certificate 

1939-42,  Complete set to 10 rupees (SG value £2160)

1939, ½ a. yellow-green, 3/4a bright blue, 1¼ a blue and 1 ½a mauve, tied by "O" in circle of bars to registered cover from Tikamgurh to Satara with "TIKAMGURH / Orchha STATE / 26 SE 46" squared circle cds and "SATARA / Orchha STATE 27 SE 46" delivery cds on reverse. A spectacular four color franking of Orchha State, the only one we are aware of, certificate ISES 2021 

1939/42,  ¾a bright blue, block of four, and 2 a. vermillion, tied by "O" in small oval of horizontal bars to registered cover with boxed registration strike on front 

1939, 1 a. scarlet, block of four and single, tied by "O" in circle of bars cancel to 1949, registered cover from Palera to Tikamgarh with "PALERA / ORCHA STATE / 2 OC 49" cds and "TIKAMGARH / ORCHA STATE / 2 OC 49" delivery cds. An extremely late usage in 1949; quite possibly the latest known usage of Orcha stamps.  Orcha became part of Vidhya Pradesh by 1 May 1948

1939, 1a scarlet and 3a slate-violet, tied by "O" in circle of bars to registered cover from Degorah to Tikamgarh with "DEGORAH / ORCHA STATE / B.O. / 18 AU 42" dispatch cds and "TIKAMGARH / ORCHA STATE / 19 AU 42" delivery cds on reverse 

Pre-stamp native cover with enclosure from Patiala to Ludhiana franked with native Patiala intaglio seal (Frank) with Rajpoora transit cds and Loodianna delivery cds on reverse. Less than six covers are known bearing  Patiala intaglio Frank. 

1884 India QV 1/4 anna + 1/4 anna message + reply postcard with only 24 holes instead of the normal 28 holes. According to Deschl "The perforated reply postcard has two types of perforations, #C2 has 28 holes over 120 mm and #C2a has 24 holes over 120 mm. One copy of #C2a recorded" . Deschl also records the error in spelling "PUTTIALIA" instead of "PUTTIALLA" as the C2b. This postcard has both errors listed as C2a & C2b (24 holes and spelling error on reply portion) which most certainly makes this a unique example and perhaps the greatest rarity of Patiala postal stationery. Few trivial perf separations

1876  6p orange-vermillion with exceptionally large margins tied on back of cover (front missing) with the extremely rare three line intaglio seal cancel with "KAHUTA / OCT 14" transit cds and "CHOYA SADAN SHAH / OCT 17" delivery cds. 

6p red with unusually large margins tied by large native intaglio seal cancel to Br. India QV ½ a. postal stationery envelope from Poonch to Amritsar, Die cancelled by Sialkot "L-3/7" cancel with "KAHUTA OCT 30" transit cds and "AMRITSAR / NOV 1" delivery cds (SG value £900)

4 a. red on toned wove baton paper, block of 4, unused, very fine

1885/94, 1 p. red, horizontal pair, one stamp sideways, unused, one stamp light creases, still fine, certificate ISES (2022)

1885/94, 1 p. red, tete-beche pair, unused, one stamp crease, still fine, certificate ISES (2022)

1 p. red on thick white laid paper used. An exceptionally rare stamp that is unpriced in SG in used condition.

2 a. red on laid paper, block of 4, unused, pre-folds between the pairs, very fine, certificate ISES (2022)

1 a. red on yellow wove baton paper, block of 4, unused, 2 values with folds, still fine, certificate ISES (2022)

1885-94,  1/2 anna red on orange-buff wove battone paper block of 10 (SG value £950)

1885/94, 4 a. red on laid blue-green paper, block of 4, unused, 2 stamps faint crease, still fine, certificate ISES (2022)

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)