David Feldman - Great Britain & British Empire Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at 10:00 CET

155 Geneva, December 4, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG Cat. N° Estimate ( £ ) Collections 30722 L Collection FORGERIES: Collection of over 600 fakes & forgeries of INDIAN STATES in 2 stockbooks 160 - 200 30723 F Collection / www 1649-1938, Lot of 117 covers and cards with mostly pre-philatelic items from the Moghul Empire period, also some Jaipur, and a range of early airmail covers from the 1930s, very fine 700 - 1’000 30724 C H F Collection / www 1656-1948, Exhibition collection of India and Indian States mounted on 20 pages, beginning with early Moghul Empire item, noticeable Jammu Kashmir mixed franking, also Poonch and Jaipur covers, the British India with airmail covers, Mount Everest Expedition cover, also Pigeon mail service, Ghandi issue etc., please extra items in a second folder with strength in Jammu and Kashmir, also Poonch, Bhopal and Bamra singles, see the net for a full set of scans, lot includes also an example of Nanjee’s book on Jammu and Kashmir 800 - 1’200 30725 C H DCE Collection / www 1854-1905, Mostly mint selection on a stockpage incl. used 1854 2a green with “45” numeral (faults, 4 margins), a range of mint/unused De La Rue issues from 1865-76, a few Officials & Convention States, mixed condition (SG £700+) 100 - 150 30726 C H Collection / www 1854-1940s, Fantastic lot of India & States in 3 albums, the first with used India incl. 1854 lithos incl. ten 1/2a, six 1a, four 4a and three 2a (mixed condition but some nice examples), both 1866 Ovpt’d Fiscals, KEVII set to 25R (telegraph cancels on high values), 1921 PIES PIES and NINE NINE varieties in vert. pairs, Officials incl. SGO15, SGO16 (faulty corner) and SGO17 with cert. RPS 1952, 1912 KGV set to 25R, Convention States with a great deal of completion incl. mint Chamba (generally gum slightly affected by humidity) with QV mint set to 5R, 1938 set, 1942-47 set, used 1938-40 1R to 10R presumably CTO (same for the rest of the high values in this collection), strong used Gwalior with varieties and high values, Jhind incl. 1886-98 5R, 1927-32 high values to 25R and Officials 1940-43 to 10R, Nabha 1938-39 to 25R, 188-97 1R slate, Officials 1940-43 to 5R, Patalia incl. 1912-26 set to 5R, 1937-38 set to 25R, second album with Feudatory States incl. Bijawar 1935-36 imperf. varieties, 1937 used set, better Bundi, Cochin and Orchha incl. 1939-42 to 2R, etc., third album with duplicates and more modern, a fabulous old-time lot with many rare stamps 5’000 - 8’000 30727 CC C H Collection / www 1866-2001 INDIA & INDIAN STATES: Extensive lot with collection and duplications on album pages and 3 A4 stockbooks, mostly used but also mint hinged and a few used, also some MUscat & Arab agencies (Dubai cancels on loose stamps, etc), mixed to foremost very fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock 200 - 400