380th Auction
16-17 & 20-25 March 2023 in Wiesbaden
Pages
1915-41, 1/4 anna deep slate right marginal vertical pair overprinted "BUNDI SERVICE" in small English letters with error, top stamp overprinted in red ink and bottom stamp in black ink, not listed in SG
1915/41, tablet type E, 4 a. yellow-olive with overprint in Devanagri, unused, little nick at upper right, otherwise very fine and fresh. And extremely rare stamp. Certificate ISES (2022)
1941 4 annas bright green complete sheet of 16 with gum from the 1st printing overprinted "SERVICE" in black. Slightly toned, hinged on the margins, stamps never hinged, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1200)
1895, 2 a. orange-yellow, monogram in rose, unused, very fine, Certificate ISES (2022)
12 a. green, marginal copy, unused with small part gum, very fine, Certificate ISES (2022)
Perforated with sewing machine: ¼ a. pink without monogram, tied to piece, very fine, Certificate ISES (2022)
1899, 1 a. vermilion, unused, tiny thin spot, otherwise very fine, Certificate ISES (2022)
1896-1900 2a orange-yellow with monogram in rose (instead of blue) on piece with a superb strike of "RAMPUR / BUSSAHIR STATE / 24 AP 1900" cds. This stamp is not recorded with the rose monogram and possibly the unique discovery copy.
Pin perf. 2 a. yellow with monogram in blue and 1896, ½ a. blue, tied to piece of registration receipt, very fine, Certificate ISES (2022)
1886, 1/2 anna blue-green overprinted "CHAMBA STATE" and "SERVICE" both in red instead of black, toned. RPSL cert
1911 1 pice turquoise-blue horizontal pair with manuscript surcharge "1/2 a". An article by R.F. Stoney on this particular surcharge appeared in PJI (Philatelic Journal of India) May 1937 page 61 which reads "One of our members (Mr. E. Franklin DeSouza), who was kind enough to write to the State authorities on the subject, has informed me that he has received a communication dated the 11th February 1936, from the Inspector of State Post Offices, Charkhari State as follows: "I beg to inform you that the stamps mentioned in your letter were issued in 1922 and 1930 and were official. Now all of them are out of stock since the new pictorial stamps were issued." The above letter would therefore vouch for the genuineness of these Provisionals"
1894 "1 ANNAS" dull green imperf on thin wove paper, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £6000)
1912 1p violet pair + single on cover with error, stamp on left printed double, certificate ISES 2021.
1943, ½ a. black on pelure paper and 2a. greenish grey, used on part cover (front missing); certificate ISES 2021
1930, ½ a. grey-brown and 1 a. yellow-green, horizontal pair, tied to registered cover. Certificate ISES 2021
1/2 a. grey-brown and 2a greyish green, tied by indistinct cds to part of registered cover (front missing)
1/2 a. grey-brown and 2 a. greyish green, tied by indistinct cds to registered cover, certificate ISES 2021
1909, 2 on 3 p. rosy mauve, complete sheet of 40, with surcharge in type 7b on position 18, unused, certificate BPA (2006)
1911/13, 4 a. green with shifted double print, unused, a rare variety, certificate ISES (2022)
1938 color trial of 2 1/4a myrtle-green watermark umbrella perf. 11 in block of four. BPA certificate
1943 4 pies green perf 13x13½ with watermark umbrella, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £3000)
1943, wm. Umbrella, 1 a. brown-orange, unused without gum, a scare stamp, Certificate ISES (2022)
1918, Rama Varna NOTORIAL 1 r. olive yellow, imperforated plate proof block of 6 in archival card
1897/1900, ½ a. on red, complete sheet of 10, one stamp with error "BALAD", unused
