384. Auction

1914, Surcharge on Marshall Islands 2 s. on 2 m., spacing 5 mm, unused with original gum, light overall toning, still very fine, certificate RPSL (2024)

1915, G.R.I. and value 3½ mm apart: 5 s. on 5 m., very fresh, unused without gum. A rare stamp, Certificate RPSL (2024)

1948, Olympic Games 2½ a. on 2½ d. with variety "surcharge double", unused with original gum and light hinge mark, very fine and rare

1956/57, Elizabeth II. 1 r. with overprint double, lightly used, very fine and rare, certificate BPA (1976), SG 5000£

196, Definitives Salman bin Hamed al Chalifa 40 f. , typo die proof in Royal Mail sunken frame, unique

1878, West Indian Press overprint 1 d. on half of 5 s. dull rose, Type 3b, used with cds. "BARBADOS", fine and scarce, certificate RPSL (1959)

1 d. on half of 5 s. dull rose, Type 3c (smaller "1" and "D"), used with part of bootheel cancel, fine and scarce, certificate BPA (1980)

1866/71, 2c orange and 8c pink, tied by  “A03” to folded entire to Philadelphia, United State, Georgetown c.d.s. (6 Jul) despatch, backstamp, St. Thomas c.d.s. transit (15 Jul), manuscript “4” (pence) notation on front, cancelled on arrival in the United States with “NEW-YORK / DUE 6 CTS” c.d.s. (30 Jul), partial Philadelphia arrival backstamp, trivial vertical filing fold, 8c adhesive with a few light wrinkles, else a scarce and fresh entire.

1904/08, £ 1 deep purple/black on red paper, fresh colours and nicely perforated, used with oval datestamp "REGISTERED MR II GIBRALTAR", very fine

1925, George V. 5£ violet/black, fresh color and good perforation, mint never hinged, very fine, signed Lange

1925, George V. 5£ violet/black, with bottom sheet margin, fresh color and good perforation, mint never hinged, hinge in the margin only, very fine, signed Pröschold BPP

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, 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

1854/55, Die 2, ½ a. blue, deep colour and good to very large margins, used with diamond of dots on small envelope with red "SIMLA" cds. on reverse, very fine

1854/55, Die 2, ½ a. blue, deep colour and nice margins, tied by numeral "75" to small envelope with red "NAGPORE 1856 SEP 6 Paid" on reverse, 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, horizontal pair, good to large margins, tied by octagonal handstamp to small piece, vf

Die II, ½ a. indigo, good to large margins, tied by diamond of dots to small yellow native envelope 

Die III, ½ a. blue, good to large margins, tied by Madras type "150" in blue to entire letter from Negapatam to Cuddalore, vf

Die III, ½ a. blue, horizontal pair with large margins, tied by numeral "36" to reverse of cover with adjacent red "NASSICS Paid (9 7 56)" to Ahmednagar, with arrival mark, very fine

Die III, ½ a. blue, good to large margins, tied by diamond of dots to small yellow native envelope from Umritsar to Lahore, with both red c.d.s. on reverse

1856/64, 2 a. yellow-buff, 4 a. black (cut straight at top) and 8 p. purple on white, tied by duplex "OOTACAMUND No 16 64" to envelope, endorsed "Via Bombay and Marseille" to England. 

1970, 200th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven 20 p. colour proof perforated in six different basic colours including in the later issued stamp colour, complete in blocks of four and singles stamps mounted in a presentation folder with signature of the Director General of the "India Security Press". Probably unique in this type and a great rarity of modern issues from India

1992, Bird of Prey 600r. with erroneous inscription, mint never hinged, fine

1992, Bird of Prey 100r. instead of 200r. and wrong nomenclature "Shahin Kohila" instead of "Macchhlimar", mint never hinged, very fine and rare

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

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

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.

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.

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)