383rd Auction

½ a. blue, Die I, horizontal strip of four, good to large margins, cancelled by diamond of dots, very

Die I, ½ a. blue, horizontal strip of 4, good to large margins, used by diamond of bars, very fine

Die I, ½ a. blue, good to large margins, tied by diamond of dots to native envelope, with red dispatch "ASSEERGURH Paid (4 4 55)", very fine

½ a. blue, Die I, just touched at lower left, otherwise good to large margins, tied by "158" to entire letter from Lahore to Jullunder

Die I, ½ a. blue, clear at top, otherwise good margins, used with diamond of dots, to small native envelope from Allalabad with red cds. on reverse, fine

Die I, ½ a. blue, large margins, tied by diamond of dots, to small native envelope from Tellicherry 28.8.55, very fine

Die I, ½ a. blue, good to large margins, tied by diamond of dots to small native envelope with contens, with red boxed "ALLEPPY Paid", very fine

1854, Die I, ½ a. blue, six used examples with major flaws/retouches in the printing stone; on old exhibition page

½ a. pale blue, Die I, cut to shape, tied to reverse of small envelope from Poona to Panwell with adjacent "TOO LATE"

Die I, ½ a. deep blue, clear to large margins, tied by diamond of bars to native envelope from Bombay to Calcutta, very fine

Die I,  ½ a. deep blue, large margins, tied by numeral “1” to small native envelope from Bombay to Madras, very fine

Die I, ½ a. indigo, horizontal pair, good to large margins, tied by octogonal handstamp to small piece, very fine

Die I, ½ a. indigo, good to large margins, cancelled by pen strokes and tied by diamond of bars, to entire folded up native letter with adjacent greenish blue cds. "LAHORE 8 SEP. 1857" to Mooltau, very fine

Die II, ½ a. blue, horizontal strip of 4, good to large margins, used by diamond of dots, very fine (2 tiny scissors cuts not affecting the design)

Die II, ½ a. blue, two blocks of four, making up a vertical block of 8, ample to mostly large margins and fresh color, showing large part of central watermark (sideways), neatly cancelled by new type Bombay circle numeral “244”. Very fine and scarce (watermark on reverse highlighted in pencil)

Die II, ½ a. blue, good to large margins, tied by numeral "75" to native envelope, with red dispatch "NAGPORE Paid 1856 JAN 6", very fine

Die II, ½ a. deep blue, large margins, tied by diamond of dots to small native envelope, with red cds."RAWALPINDEE 21 APR 1856" on reverse, very fine

Die II, ½ a. blue, good to large margins, tied by numeral "27" to small native envelope from Kaira, with red boxed handstamp on reverse, to Madras, very fine

Die II, ½ a. blue, just clear at lower left, otherwise good to large margins, tied by diamond of dots to small native envelope with adjacent red "COCHIN PAID" of 10.11.54 to Madras, very fine

Die II, ½ a. indigo, marginal block of 4 with inscription “SIX POSTAGE STAMPS”, nice fresh colour and large margins, unused. Very fine.

½ a. deep blue, die II, used with numeral "75" on small envelope from Nagpore to Jubbulpore with Nagpore despatch hand-stamp in red on the reverse; very fine

½ a. blue, Die II, 10 used copies with different retouches in frames resp. chignon

½ a. blue, die III, Chignon completely redrawn and major retouch to the bottom label, neatly cancelled

Die III, ½ a. blue, horizontal pair with large margins, tied by numeral "36" and arrival mark, to reverse of cover with adjacent red "NASSICS Paid (21 7 56)" to Ahmednagar, very fine

Die III, ½ a. blue, clear to large margins, used as 'seal' and tied by numeral "1" reverse of  lettersheet from Bombay to Ahmednagar, very fine

½ a. greenish blue, Die III, horizontal pair with close margins,  right stamp with large retouche in left frame, used on letter sheet from Jaulnah to Hydrabad, fine and very scarce.

½ a. greenish blue, Die III with  left frame arches completely redrawn, used on envelope from Nasick to Ahmednuggur with oval arrival mark, somewhat roughly opened

Die III, ½ a. deep blue, clear to large margins, tied by numeral "172", to small native envelope with red cds. of Umritsur and Loodiana on reverse. Very fine.

½ a. red, 1894 reprint, horizontal block of 32 stamps with "SPECIMEN" printed on reverse, very fine

½ a. blue, 1894 reprint, horizontal strip of 8 stamps with "SPECIMEN" printed on reverse, very fine

Die 2: 1 a. dull red, horizontal strip of 3 from the lower left sheet corner, showing corner ornament and full sheet margins, horizontal fold just below the stamps, otherwise very fine (some printing colour on reverse)

1 a. dull red, block of 4 with clear to large margins, neatly cancelled with Bombay type numeral "37" , very fine and scarce

1a. red Die I,  horizontal strip of four with clear to large margins, neatly cancelled by diamond of dots, very fine, signe AD and Pfenninger

1854, 1 a. red, Die II, two singles with close to good margins and fresh colours, neatly tied by dotted lozenge cancel with adjacent framed "INDIA" to envelope to Lancashire, England, endorsed "Via Southampton" and "Paid", 1 s. annotated on front to be collected by the recipient, reverse cds. dated 1855. An unusual case of the double inland rate of 2 annas being paid by stamps (from October 1854 to January 1856, mail via the Southampton route could be prepaid or sent bearing), fine and rare cover

1a. red Die II,  horizontal strip of four with large margins,  clearly cancelled by diamond of dots, very fine

1854, 4 a., first printing, blue and pale red, horizontal pair with large part of wm., ample to good margins, neatly cancelled by 9x8 diamond of dots, little stained, still fine. Certificate BPA (2022) (SG 6000 £)