380th Auction

 ¼ a. steel-blue, vertical pair, and 1 a. chocolate vertical pair , tied  by Alwar oval intaglio seal cancel to reverse of cover 

1899/1901, Wide margins ¼ a. emerald-green, unused, very fine, a rare stamp. Certificate ISES (2022)

¼ anna emerald-green, vertical pair, imperforated between, unused. Certificate ISES (2022)

1888, ¼ a. on yellow, nice fresh colour and good margins, unused, very fine, Certificate ISES (2022)

 ¼ a. black on reddish-purple, two examples, tied by native cds to cover with State crest on flap, addressed to the Queen of Bamra franked with delivery cds on reverse.

1878  1/4a black complete sheet of 20 with normal frame lines with error, embossing inverted on right two column of 10 stamps. 

1884, ¼ a. blue-green, complete sheet of 32 stamps, folded once, otherwise fine

1903, new Begam, 8 a. green-black, unused marginal copy, fine, Certificate ISES (2022)

1932  1/2a yellow-green overprinted "SERVICE" block of 20 with error stamp printed double, one inverted.

1932, 2a. ultramarine, perf. 14 instead of 13.5, top left corner marginal block of 20 with error stamp printed double. While the 4a is recorded with perf. 14, the 2a is not.

1897, 1 a. to 1 r. complete set including both shades of the 1 anna and 2 annas (SG value £1192)

1897/98, 1 a.-1r. including both shades of 1a. and 2 a. , unused, one 1 a. small thin, otherwise fine, Certificate ISES (2022) (SG 1050£)

1914, 1/2 a. black complete sheet of four with error stamps printed double, one albino. Unrecorded and possibly unique. RPSL cert

1914, 1 a. vermillion, 3 copies, each tied by the extremely rare "DAK RAJ BUNDI 12 JULY 16" cds without the dagger in the cds which was removed to mourn the death of a member of the royal family, to 1916, registered cover. This is the only recorded cover bearing four strikes of the Bundi cds without the dagger, unique.

1923, 1 a. carmine, Type B, and two copies of 1923, 1 a.carmine, Type C, tied by "DAK RAJ BUNDI" to reverse of 1920, India KGV 1/2 anna postal stationery envelope. This cover proves that the 1 anna carmine stamps in SG Type "B" and Type "C" were issued as early as 1920, not 1923 as stated in the SG catalogue. It is interesting to note that while the sender used the Imperial postal stationery the letter was never handled by the Imperial post.

1917-41  Stanley Gibbons Type "C" set up to 5 rupees with shades (SG value £2029)

1936,  4 annas bright apple-green on medium wove paper on reverse of cover with annotation in Devnargi by postal clerk indicating that the recipient refused to accept the letter (SG value £4500)

1935, 4 a. yellow-olive, tied to registered cover. Certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £2000)

1930/33, 1 a. carmine-red on very thick wove paper, complete sheet of 4, used on registered cover 6 Dec. 1933 , certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £2000)

1935  1/2 anna black SG Type "F" on local cover, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1625)

1935, 1/2 a. black on vertical laid paper,  eight copies, tied by "DAK RAJ BUNDI 23 NOV 40" to 1940, letter (back only) 

1936  4 annas yellow-green on medium wove paper used on reverse tied by four rare small intaglio seal cancels, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1700)

1936,  4 annas yellow-green on reverse of registered cover with pink registration label on front with manuscript annotation in Devnargi by postal clerk indicating that the recipient refused to accept the letter (SG value £1700)

1941, 4 r. yellow-green & vermillion SG Type H bottom left corner marginal copy handstamped with "BUNDI SERVICE" in black small English letters. This stamp not previously recorded with overprint. It is of great interest that the overprint is the genuine type but the ink used is different from those used on previous issues. Most likely a new batch of ink was used to produce the last issues in 1941. An exceptionally rare item

1941, 5 r. vermillion & yellow-green complete sheet of four, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £1000)

1941, 5 r. vermillion & yellow-green SG Type H top right corner marginal copy handstamped with "BUNDI SERVICE" in black small English letters. This stamp not previously recorded with overprint. Note that the overprint is the genuine type but the ink used is different from those used on previous issues. Most likey a new batch of ink was used to produce the last issues in 1941. An exceptionally rare item

1941, 1/2 a. greenish-blue imperforate, smudged printing giving it the appearance of being printed double tied by "DAK RAJ BUNDI 1 OCT 41" to India KGVI 9 p. postcard, cancelled by Imperial "BUNDI 2 OCT 41" cds , with "AJMER 4 OCT 41" delivery cds. In tatty condition but most likely a unique example of the stamp imperforate.

1941, 6 p. deep blue, 1 a. orange-red and Service 2 a. brown , used on 20 Sept 1946, cover. Most unusual 

1915/41, 10 a. brown-olive complete sheet from the mixed Setting, top left stamp SG Type "B", remaining SG Type "C" overprinted "BUNDI SERVICE" in black Devnagri letters with error, overprint inverted. Catalogue £735 as normal

1915/41, 12 a. sage-green, complete sheet from the mixed setting, top left stamp SG Type "B", remaining SG Type "C" overprinted "BUNDI SERVICE" in black Devnagri letters with error, overprint inverted. Catalogue £525 as normal

1915-41,  10 annas yellow-brown instead of brown-olive bottom marginal pair with "BUNDI SERVICE" in black small English letters. This stamp is listed without the overprint

1915-41,  3 rupees grey-blue & chocolate on medium wove paper bottom right corner marginal copy overprinted "BUNDI SERVICE" in black small English letters (SG value £2250)

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)