16 Jun 2026 – 20 Jun 2026
698 lots
Lot 60150 | Dominion and Republic postal history and stationery
India » Postal History
Accumulation with Dominion issue covers and Republic including 1951 airmail cover to UK franked First Asian Games 12a tied Indian embassy Nepal cds, 1950s…
Estimate: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 60151 | Postal History and Stationery consignment balance
India » Postal History
Collection: A large accumulation of postal history and stationery housed in large carton with some pre-stamp and much Queen Victoria plus some later to…
Estimate: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 60152 | 1852 1/2a White Scinde Dawk with large margins all
India » 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 1/2a White Scinde Dawk with large margins all around and cancelled with diamond bar “96” cancel of Hyderabad. Some light soiling, very fine; cert….
Estimate: 600 – 800 CHF
Lot 60153 | 1852 1/2a White Scinde Dawk with clear margins all
India » 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 1/2a White Scinde Dawk with clear margins all around with a large tear from centre to foot and small tear at right reinforced by hinges in back. Plus…
Estimate: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 60154 | 1852 ½ Anna Blue Scinde Dawk, cut to shape and affixed
India » 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 ½ Anna Blue Scinde Dawk, cut to shape and affixed on native piece, cancelled by a diamond bar obliterator. The reverse bears an expertization by Heddergott,…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 CHF
Lot 60155 | 1852 1/2a Red. A classic example of the ½ Anna Red
India » 1852 Scinde Dawk
1852 1/2a Red Scinde Dawk on paper and affixed on piece. These iconic early stamps were produced on sealing wax wafers, and are therefore almost invariably…
Estimate: 4’000 – 5’000 CHF
Lot 60156 | 1922 ½ Anna Pale Orange-Brown (Sp. 65), Die II – Lion
India » 1854 Lithographs
1922 ½ Anna Pale Orange-Brown (Spence 65), Die II – Lion and Palm Tree Essay. Photogravure reprint on thick card paper, in the distinctive pale orange-brown…
Estimate: 300 – 400 CHF
Lot 60157 | 1854 “9 1/2 arches” 1/2a vermillion unused right marginal pair
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 “9 1/2 arches” 1/2a vermillion unused right marginal pair, large margins all around with inscription “CORNER of”, very fine and rare (S.G. £7’500+).
Estimate: 4’600 – 6’000 CHF
Lot 60158 | India 1854 1/2a vermillion unused, very good even margins
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 1/2a vermillion unused, very good even margins, showing part of the watermark, very fine, a beautiful example of this rare unissued stamp (S.G. £3’750).
Estimate: 1’800 – 2’400 CHF
Lot 60159 | India 1854 1/2a vermillion unused left marginal block of 8 showing inscription “Twenty POSTAGE STA”
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 1/2a vermillion unused left marginal block of 8 showing inscription “Twenty POSTAGE STA”, all stamps with large margins all around and some with parts…
Estimate: 14’000 – 20’000 CHF
Lot 60160 | 1854 1/2a Vermillion 9.5 arches stamp with clear margins
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 1/2a Vermillion 9.5 arches stamp with clear margins all around. This stamp was printed and considered as the first lithograph stamp of India but never…
Estimate: 600 – 800 CHF
Lot 60161 | 10 Nov 1855 cover with 1/2a Blue (SG8a) 1854 lithograph
India » 1854 Lithographs
1855 (Nov 10) cover with 1/2a Blue (SG8a) 1854 lithograph sent from Secunderabad to notify a soldier in the 87th Regiment in Rawil Pindee of the passing…
Estimate: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 60162 | 1854 4a Blue and Red two singles on piece both Head
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a Blue and Red two singles on piece both Head die II Frame die I 2nd Printing cut to shape. Both with misplaced heads and retouches in hair, chignon,…
Estimate: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 60163 | 1854 1a forgery sheet, reference copy, rarely offered
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 1a forgery sheet, reference copy, rarely offered as a complete sheet.
Estimate: 50 – 100 CHF
Lot 60164 | 1854 1a red, die I, “A” stone, pos.41-48 strip of 8
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 1a red, die I, “A” stone, pos.41-48 strip of 8 used to pay double rate of eight annas and cancelled by diamond of dots cancel. Clear watermark in…
Estimate: 200 – 400 CHF
Lot 60165 | 1854 4a Indigo and Red Head die I and Frame Die I First
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a Indigo and Red Head die I and Frame Die I First printing with three clear margins and outer frameline just cut into at top left. Fine and scarce…
Estimate: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 60166 | 1854 4a Indigo and Red Head die I and Frame Die I First
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a Indigo and Red Head die I and Frame Die I First printing with three clear margins and outer frameline just shaved at top left. Fine and scarce…
Estimate: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 60167 | 1854 4a Blue and Red Head Die II and Frame Die I Second
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a Blue and Red Head Die II and Frame Die I Second printing single, just shaved at top, diamond cancel, fine (although pencil notation in back suggests…
Estimate: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 60168 | 1854 4a blue and red Second printing pair with wavy
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a blue and red Second printing pair with wavy lines cancelled with diamond of dots cancel. Head Die II and Frame Die I position 5 and 6 with normal…
Estimate: 800 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 60169 | 1854 Three 4a singles ( two Second printing Head Die
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 Three 4a singles (two Second printing Head Die II Frame Die I and Head Die III and Frame Die II fourth printing). One 1894 reprint single wide setting…
Estimate: 300 – 400 CHF
Lot 60170 | 1854 4a Fourth printing Head Die III Frame Die II deep
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a Fourth printing Head Die III Frame Die II deep blue and red setting pair with chamfered corners on piece. Some tone spots and gum stains otherwise…
Estimate: 300 – 400 CHF
Lot 60171 | 1854 4a blue and red Head Die III and Frame Die II
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a blue and red Head Die III and Frame Die II fourth printing close setting single with tiny corner thin (S.G. £950).
Estimate: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 60172 | 16 Feb 1857 mourning cover bearing 4a Blue red Head
India » 1854 Lithographs
16 Feb 1857 mourning cover bearing 4a Blue red Head Die III and Frame Die II Fourth printing singles cut to shape going to Torquay, England. With entire…
Estimate: 600 – 800 CHF
Lot 60173 | 1856-57 cover bearing 4a cut to shape Head Die III
India » 1854 Lithographs
1856-57 cover bearing 4a cut to shape Head Die III Frame Die II (fourth printing) going to Devonshire, England. Posted from Madras 28/12/1856, via Southampton…
Estimate: 300 – 400 CHF
Lot 60174 | 1854 4a Blue and red Head ie III and Frame die II Fourth
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a Blue and red Head ie III and Frame die II Fourth printing close setting with wide margins all around and the central control line on top right…
Estimate: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 60175 | 1854 4a Red and Blue head Die III and Frame Die II
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a Red and Blue head Die III and Frame Die II Fifth Printing (medium setting) position 11 with normal sheet watermark used, very fine cut to shape…
Estimate: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 60176 | 1854 4a Blue and Red Head Die III Frame die II fifth
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a Blue and Red Head Die III Frame die II fifth printing used with diamond of dots cancel, with some paper adherence and slight thinning, fair (SG…
Estimate: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 60177 | 1854 4a Deep Blue and Red Fifth printing Head Die III
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a Deep Blue and Red Fifth printing Head Die III and Frame Die II single with wide margins. The frame shows strong wear and appears to be of the very…
Estimate: 400 – 500 CHF
Lot 60178 | 1854 An attractive and well-chosen group of six lithographed
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 An attractive and well-chosen group of six lithographed issues, all with clear to ample margins. Includes ½ Anna Blue (2 shades), unchecked for dies,…
Estimate: 300 – 400 CHF
Lot 60179 | 1856-65 1/2a Blue QV imperf stamp, used, fine and rare.
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1856-65 1/2a Blue QV imperf stamp, used, fine and rare. Cert. BPA (1956) (SG £4250)
Estimate: 800 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 60180 | India 1856 2a orange SPEARTI forgery, two items
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1856 2a orange SPEARTI forgery, one cliché on glass with weak impression and one cliché in brown-orange on film paper, a very beautiful item and until…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 CHF
Lot 60181 | 1855-58 De La Rue Covers & 1872 Registered Cover to
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1855-58 De La Rue Covers & 1872 Registered Cover to Bundi. An attractive and diverse group of seven De La Rue covers (1855–58), addressed to a variety…
Estimate: 120 – 180 CHF
Lot 60182 | 1860-1882 issues overprinted “CANCELLED” by either Samuel Type 16 or 17 De La Rue typeset overprint
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1860-1882 issues overprinted “CANCELLED” by either Samuel Type 16 or 17 De La Rue typeset overprint, mint part o.g., some minor toning, fine and scarce…
Estimate: 300 – 400 CHF
Lot 60183 | ** take out the Sierra Leone
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1882-90 1R SPERATI forgery group, used for the Gwalior overprint forgery, in two different colours, each on different special film paper.
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 CHF
Lot 60184 | India 1930 Gandhi Boycott British Goods label airmail cover
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1930 (Jul) airmail cover from Karachi to Trieste franked on reverse with three 3a blue airmails and an off centre grey-olive Gandhi ‘Boycott British Goods’…
Estimate: 140 – 180 CHF
Lot 60185 | 1948 Gandhi set 11/2a brown, 31/2a violet, 12a grey
India » Dominion
1948 Gandhi set 11/2a brown, 31/2a violet, 12a grey green and 10r purple brown and lake the complete set commercial used on airmail from Secretariat, New…
Estimate: 800 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 60186 | 1948 Gandhi set of four with “SPECIMEN” overprints with the original Courvoisier presentation booklet
India » Dominion
1948 Gandhi set of four with “SPECIMEN” overprints with the original Courvoisier presentation booklet in black velvet with gilt-edged pages where the stamps…
Estimate: 8’000 – 12’000 CHF
Lot 60187 | 1865 1/2a Blue cancelled with “C / 152” of Tranquebar,
India » Foreign Settlements in India » Danish Indian Settlements
1865 1/2a Blue cancelled with “C / 152” of Tranquebar, Cooper Type 6 cancel. Scarce cancel from Danish occupied India, fine.
Estimate: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 60188 | 1871 40r blue mint tête-bêche pair, part o.g. with hinge remnants
India » Foreign Settlements in India » Portuguese Settlements in India
1871 40r blue mint tête-bêche pair, part o.g. with hinge remnants, small thins and a crease, a rarity of Portuguese India with only seven tête-bêche recorded.Provenance:…
Estimate: 7’000 – 8’000 CHF
Lot 60189 | 1924 Printed envelope addressed to Katmandu, franked India 1a tied GYANTSE cds
India » Used Abroad » Tibet
1924 Printed envelope addressed to Katmandu, franked India 1a tied GYANTSE cds, somewhat tatty, scarce
Estimate: 50 – 70 CHF
Lot 60190 | 1866 8a purple SERVICE POSTAGE overprint used, extremely
India » Officials
1866 8a purple SERVICE POSTAGE overprint used, extremely rare and very fine (S.G. £13’000).
Estimate: 4’000 – 5’000 CHF
Lot 60191 | 1929 2a Deep blue-green KGV Airmail stamp block of
India » Airmails
1929 2a Deep blue-green KGV Airmail stamp block of four signed by the designer G. Grant on the margin and dated 20th Dec 1929, used on first day of issue…
Estimate: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 60192 | 1929 8a purple pair with top stamp showing “tree top
India » Airmails
1929 8a purple pair with top stamp showing “tree top missing” constant variety. Scarce and fine (SG £ 250)
Estimate: 80 – 100 CHF
Lot 60193 | India C.E.F. 1900-01 group incl. three cards
India » China Expeditionary Force
1900-01 group incl. three cards incl. 1/4a uprated 1a and 1a on 1 1/2a with 1/2a both to Germany, philatelic US 1c card with China and multiple foreign…
Estimate: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 60194 | 1818-1911 Balance of an exhibit collection of Hyderabad
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1818-1911 Balance of an exhibit collection of Hyderabad postal history beautifully presented and written up on 40 album pages plus a few loose from early…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 CHF
Lot 60195 | 1850-1938 Large mixed accumulation of 100’s of covers
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1850-1938 Large mixed accumulation of 100’s of covers including early native envelopes, cards, postal receipts, postal stationery used and unused, with…
Estimate: 300 – 400 CHF
Lot 60196 | 1854-1955, British India mint and used accumulation with complete sets and duplicates
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1854-1955, British India mint and used accumulation with complete sets and duplicates, post and back of the book, also some independent India official…
Estimate: 150 – 300 CHF
Lot 60197 | 1866 Trio of 2a purple (SGO15), 2a Purple (SGO16) and
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1855-1900, De La Rue sued collection on album pages, with highlight being the 1866 Fiscal Overprints 2a purple (SGO15), 2a Purple (SGO16) and 4a purple…
Estimate: 1’200 – 1’400 CHF
Lot 60198 | 1874-1904, Cca., INDIA Postal stationery assembly 25 unused + 5 used, mostly QV
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1874-1904, Assembly of 30 postal stationery covers, cards & wrappers, mostly Queen Victoria, mostly unused (5 used), noted 4 official cards and 2 soldiers…
Estimate: 80 – 140 CHF
Lot 60199 | KEVII collection onwards
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1902-60s, Used collection in album starting from duplicated KEVII values to 25r, this and the 10r telegraphically used, KGV with both sets to 25r used,…
Estimate: 300 – 500 CHF