384. Auction

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

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, certificate BPA (2006)

1884, Queen Victoria 2a. blue, unused, two perf tips slightly toned, otherwise fine, an extremely rare stamp with only a few examples known, certificate RPSL (1998)

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

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)

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

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

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

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.

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

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)

1886  4a red on wove paper perf 12 double sheet two upright impressions of the complete sheet of five. Double sheets of this issue are extremely rare.

1913 3p on 1a emerald-green complete sheet of 20 with error stamps imperforate, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £4750)

1913, 3 p. on 1 a. on toned wove paper, sheet of 20, the right 5 stamps imperforated at right. Fine and rare, certificate BPA (2008)

1949, POSTAGE & REVENUE ONE ANNA in red on ½ a., variety 'Surcharge double', unused without gum, very rare in this condition. Certificate ISES (2022)

1 a. on 8 a. with variety"ONE ANNE" , lightly used on piece, some minor creasing, still very fine, very scarce, Certificate ISES (2022)

1 a. on 8 a. with variety"ONE ANNN" , lightly used, very fine and very scarce, Certificate ISES (2022)

1845/1907 (ca.), unused and mostly used collection with covers, incl. Fiscals and Indian Feudatory States, many duplicates starting with Queen Victoria first imperforate issues with One Anna(9), Two Annas(7), Four Annas(9) all used, a few multiples, together with a fine selection of entires, covers and postal stationeries. Mixed condition

1854/1975 (ca.), interesting mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation with covers, incl. Fiscals, together with Burma, Convention and Feudatory States, plenty of material, some multiple and duplicates, starting with a small part of the early Queen Victoria imperforate issues, good choice of Convention and Feudatory States, also Burma, together with a selection of covers and postal stationeries mostly from the States, and a part with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tibet. Some reprints and forgeries noted, somewhat mixed condition, overall fresh, in one stockbook

1854/1987 (ca.), unmounted mint/unused and used collection, together with some covers and official stamps, neatly housed in one album, starting from SG-Nr. 2 onwards, many duplicates with shades, also C.E.F, I.E.F (with SG-Nr. E1 used on card, E2 pair used on cover), overall condition fine to very fine

1851/59 (ca.), 7 covers/ stationary envelopes, two with 2 a. green

1878/1950 (ca.), large unused and used collection with covers and cards, incl. Officials, many states represented with Jammu, Duttia, Travancore, Jaipur, Nabha, Patalia, etc., plentiful of issues with many cpl. sets and interesting material like Bhor used (2), plus many covers and cards with single or mixed frankings, a few reprints and forgeries noted. Some occasional faults otherwise mostly in good condition, neatly mounted on hundreds of album leaves, a good specialist lot

1869/1949, excellent unused and used collection with ca. 750 stamps, incl. a fine part of officials, specialised with shades, some large multiples, many interesting items, together with a selection of imperforated colour proofs blocks of four of the “POSTAGE” type on thin watermarked paper, som occasional faults, overall in very good condition, a lovely specialist lot, on loose album leaves and stockcards

1885/1944 (ca), group of over 48 covers, postal stationeries, some interesting items incl. registered mail, some mixed frankings with British India and a post office book record page, together with a few unused stationeries, an interesting assembly in mixed condition

1932/44, small mint never hinged/unused and used group, incl. a fine selection of four cpl. booklets (SG-Nr. 4-6) together with a few loose panes, F5a in an unused block of four, etc., mostly fine

1888/1949 (ca), comprehensive mint never hinged/unused and used accumulation, incl. officials and fiscals, specialized with some blocks and large multiples, starting from the first issue on laid paper with some duplicates and shades, later issues well represented with overprints, overall good condition, a great specialist lot in three stockbooks

1854/1900, cancellation collection on stamps, pieces, covers and fronts including lithographs with 1 a. in strip of three and strip of four