385th Auction

1892/1979, extensive postal history collection with approximately 200 covers, cards and postal stationery, plus some single stamps, and multiples. The collection starts with some of the earliest known postal items including 'Incoming Mail', India Victoria envelope "ONE ANNA" used in Bahrain (unique), George VI 9 P. postal stationery card with overprint "HALF ANNA", high rupee frankings of the King's issues, extremely rare "EXPERIMENTAL P.O. K-121" on cover, etc. Undoubtedly one of the most important collection of this area.

1933/48, unmounted mint and unused collection, some better and complete sets, with Mi.-Nr. 12-14 unmounted mint and 30-35 unmounted mint, also Oman with Mi.-Nr. 1-15 unmounted mint official stamp Mi.-Nr. 1-10 unmounted mint and some used and unused stamps Quatar1957/71, fine

1876/1914, British Post Office in Smyrna, attractive exhibition collection with around 55 covers and cards, displaying a fine range of usages, rates and destinations, good selection of the British PO cancellations with Barred Oval “F87” (7), oval “REGISTERED SMYRNA” (both small and large types), circular “BRITISH POST OFFICE SMYRNA”, together with some parcel labels, printed matters, wrappers, some lovely single-, multiple- and combination frankings, etc., some occasional faults, toning and aging, overall in good condition, neatly mounted and well described on album pages. 

1937/47,  unused and used collection incl. official stamps and duplicates, some complete sets. with Mi-Nr. 1-18 used and official stamps Mi.-Nr. 1-14 used, fine

1851/1988 (ca.), unused and used collection with block SG 61, Jubilee issue, etc

1880/2018, mixed collection incl. many better and complete sets, miniature and souvenir sheets, booklets, etc., extensive part valid postage, in 20 hingeless albums

1992/2004, large accumulation of modern material, many FDCs and sets in duplicates

1854/1949, small group in stockbook, including high rupee values, partly with telegraph cancellations.

1856/76, small lot of unused stamps, most with original gum. Some good items like 1856/64, 2 a. (2) and 4 a.

1856/76, lot of used stamps including some better values, multiples and nice cancels

1947/76, unused and mint never hinged collection including Mi.-Nr. 187-90 and 191-206, each unused, mostly fine

1841/1960 accumulation of hundreds of covers, contained within four large stock books, three files and a number of loose pages, including early stampless covers, large quantity of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V India stamps on a variety of mailings internally and on destination mail, postal stationery, registered post, railway stamps, air mail, OHMS envelopes, censor mail, Mount Everest Expedition, mixed condition with many fine, a very nice collection with a lot of scarce and rare material

1845/78 (ca.), cover collection related to the East India Company with 13 covers, neatly mounted on exhibition pages, incl. covers from Madras and Adras, together with three Court Fee stamps, mostly fine 

1846/1910 (ca.), 29 covers and stationery, mostly DLR frankings including fancy cover

1890/1980 (ca.), interesting group with approx. 80 cards and covers incl. postal stationery, registered mail and airmail

1890/91, 38 postcards ¼ a. with pre-print of the meterological office

1885/1946, BURMA, an interesting group of 23 covers from or to Burma including registered mail, better franking, ship mail, interesting postmarks such as Akyab, Insein, Monywa, Pagan, Rangoon, Thayetmyo, Toungoo etc., mostly good quality

1880/1940 (ca.), Alwar to Wadhwan, unused and used collection with over 350 stamps, including Fiscals, a few duplicates and shades, noted small groups of Idar, Cochin, lovely Jaipur with chariots including some sheetlets (9), fine Barwani, Indore, together with a few unused postal stationery cards, etc., some occasional faults as to be expected, overall in good condition, a useful lot neatly housed on stockcards

1942, lot with pairs Mi.-Nr. 105-108 incl. vertical gutter pair 25 r. unmounted mint (two stamps with faults) and official stamp Mi.-Nr. 69-71 unmounted mint, also seven stamps Gwalior and India with 12 unmounted mint stamps ex Mi.-Nr. 70-93 and three fiscal stamps

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

Pre-Stamp / 1932, Jaipur balance of stamp and postal history consignment, with stamps including unused 1904 Litho Durbar Press ½ a. to 2 a., 1904 Recess by Perkins Bacon perf. 12 ½ a. to 2 a., 1905-8 Issue, perf. 13 ½, ¼ a. to 8 a., etc, postal history (14 items) including selection of seven pre-stamp including Chieftain mail with intaglio seals in black or red, 1904 ½ a. blue on native cover tied by intaglio seal, ½ a. ultramarine cover with “Too Late” handstamp, 1903/7 India Sea Post cards originating in Jaipur, etc, some small faults, an overall fine and eclectic group.

1904/6, ½ a. study, with 1904 Recess by Perkins Bacon printings including unused singles and multiples perforated 12, 12 ½, and compound 12 x 12 ½, the latter including an uncommon lower left sheet corner block of eighteen, as well as a single usage on cover to Sawai Jaipur, 1906 printings including a 1911 double weight registered cover to Sawai Jaipur Dak Khana Sadar, usual flaws, a difficult group.

1904/6, 2 a. deep green study lot, with 1904 perf. 12 and compound perf. 12x12 1/2 , including a striking strip of four on large piece in combination with ½ a. (2) and 1 a. strips of four, 1906 printings on cover including combination usage with ½ a. blue, 1916 uprated ½ a. stationery envelope with ½ a. blue adhesive from Khachariawas to Sawai Jaipur, and two singles with 1912 typographed ½ a. pale ultramarine on registered cover from Todaraisingh, usual imperfections, else chiefly fine.

1905, 4 a. / 8 a. study lot, with 4 a. in a range of subtle shades of chestnut, including usage on 1908 four times rate registered cover, 8 a. examples including 1926 3 a. on 8 a. Provisionals, noting corner block of four showing  surcharge types I-III, one with “broken 3”, usages including uprated 1930 registered internal postcard, and 1928 registered ½ a. combination cover to Sawai Jaipur, and striking three-colour franking 5x weight registered cover,  typical mixed condition, with much being fine.

1905/26, 1 r. study lot, with 1905 Perkins Bacon printings including original gum singles in orange-yellow, yellow, and yellow-ochre, the latter also in an unmnounted upper margin strip of three, 1926 3 a. on 1r. surcharges including blocks of four, one showing the “broken 3” variety, on-cover usages including a 1937 uprated registered stationery card from Khandela to Hameerpura, and 1933 combination usage with ½ a. Rajahead issue, condition slightly mixed as usual, overall fine.

Jaipur, 1911, ¼ a. to 2 a., imperforate, typographed by the Jaipur State Press, a mostly unused collection on pages, neatly-arranged and annotated, being a detailed study of the printings of this issue, with over thirty sheets of six displaying a range of shades, settings, etc, as well as eight covers, including combination frankings, noting registered cover from Nivai to Sawai Jaipur with 2 a. deep green in combination 1911 1 a. rose red (ex Gaurav),  condition varies as typical, much being fine, a most attractive holding, ideal for the specialist.

1912/31, 1/4a to 1 r., typographed by the Jaipur State Press, perforated 11, a detailed, mostly unused study, much mounted and annotated on over 35 pages, both regular and official issues overprinted “SERVICE” in black, a range of singles, multiples, and over 24 covers, including three-colour, combination, and official frankings, displaying an array of shades, perforation gauges, varieties (i.e. missing framelines, “Syate” for “State”, etc.),  with highlights including ½ a. pale ultramarine gutter block of 24 with watermark inverted, ½ a. blue irregular block of 20 with unrecorded 11 ¾ mm gutter, scarcer rates including triple weight registered,  and more, some faults to be expected, but many fine or better examples to be found, an impressive holding that took great effort to assemble, ideal for expansion. 

1912, ¼ a. pale olive-yellow, typographed by the Jaipur State Press, perforated 11, horizontal strip of three, variety imperforate vertically, cancelled with crisp Sawai Jaipur c.d.s. (25 April, 1913), catalogue value is for a pair only, fresh and very fine; ex Park.

1912, ¼ a. bistre, typographed by the Jaipur State Press, perforated 11, unused, with large part original gum, horizontal pair, variety vertically imperforate between, well-centered, fresh and very fine.

1912, ¼ a. olive, typographed by the Jaipur State Press, perforated 11, unused, with large part original gum, marginal gutter block of eight with striking double vertical perforations at left, small tear to upper right stamp, else a fine and most unusual error.

1913, ¼ a. pale olive-yellow, typographed by the Jaipur State Press, perforated 11, unused, with part original gum, block of four, variety imperforate horizontally, some irregular perforations and gum with slight wrinkles as commonly found, else fine.

1926, 3 a. surcharge (Type 5) in red on 1 r. yellow, unwatermarked, perforated 13 ½, variety surcharge inverted, unused, with part original gum, slight gum crease at top and thin spot at foot, else of fresh and fine appearance, a scarce variety; with 2015 B.P.A. certificate.

1906, ¼ a. olive-yellow, group of six covers, with single franking on illustrated postcard, vertical pair on single weight cover to Sawai, block of six on triple weight cover from Sikaray to Sawai, seven singles used in combination with two ½ a. blue on registered uprated stationery cover from Nawalgarh, single franking in combination with 3pi Edward VII of India from Belanganj Agra to Gangapur, and uprated ¼ a. stationery card of India used from Muzaffarnagar to Malarna via Jaipur City, some with usual tears/creases, but a useful group illustrating six different usages.

1860/2021, mixed collection starting with classical issues, later mostly modern covers, FDCs and some sets, in five hingeless albums