David Feldman Great Britain, British Empire & Ireland June 7, 2019

473 Great Britain & British Empire – June 7, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG N° Estimate ( £ ) Soruth 50453 C H DCE L 1864-1938 Specialised collection on album pages, starting with the handstamped watercolour 1a on wove paper used (SG.2, cat. £300), the Nitiprakash press issues incl. 4a used (SG.15, cat. £500) and a 1a red on blue laid paper unlisted in SG. Then an extensive range of types on the 1870s and 1880s 1a and 4a issues imperf and perf, followed by the surcharges, 1920s Nawab portraits incl. 3p mauve imperf strip of three from corner of the sheet, 1929 pictorials complete mint (SG.49/56), serifed ‘Sarkari’ official overprints including 1r black and blue used showing dropped ‘R’ (SG.O12a var, cat. £250 for normal), etc. A most interesting collection with further discoveries to be made. 700 - 900 Travancore 50454 C H DCE L 1888-1947 Specialised collection of hundreds of stamps on well-filled album pages, beginning with extensive conch shells with better varieties noted incl. 1899 2ch pale pink margin block of four imperf horizontally between (SG.7ba, cat. £200 per pair), 1924-39 conches to 7ch mint shades and 14ch used, official overprints also to 14ch mint with a range of inverted examples including scarce invert on 1ch deep blue, then the surcharges and surcharged officials, further varieties noted incl. Bala Rama Varma 1 1/2ch imperf between pair, etc. Please inspect and study carefully. 200 - 300 Indian States Collections and Lots 50455 C H DCE L 1874-1948 Indian Feudatory States: Balance of Collection - Excellent balance of Feudatory States with hundreds of stamps written-up on album pages, including Alwar, Bahawalpur with better mint never hinged sets, Barwani with 1923 ¼a black unused (SG.17), Bhor complete along with scarce inverted head 1a brown receipt stamp used on piece with Holcombe certificate, Bijawar incl. 1935 set complete unused, Bussahir and Charkhari on well-filled pages, Dhar with first issues incl. ½a transposed character (SG.1d), Faridkot, Idar, Jhalawar, Jind, Las Bela, Morvi, Nandgaon incl. official overprints, Nawanagar with great potential on the early issues, Orchha incl. 1939 to 8a, useful Poonch, Rajpipla complete, extensive Sirmoor, through to Wadhwan. Many good items are here, needs very careful study, a much recommended viewing 700 - 900 Iraq Iraq British Occupation of Baghdad 50456 50457 50456 C 18 1917 Six-Pointed star and Arabic date in Crescent 2a on 1pi dull blue mint og, very fine (SG £550) 240 - 300 50457 C 7 1917 Five Pointed Star ovpt 1a on 20pa mint og, gum slightly toned with a couple of tone spots, fine (SG £850) 240 - 300 You may bid LIVE by Internet at www.davidfeldman.com