Lot 80388 – Jammu & Kashmir A lot of stamps and covers (28 items):

1867-94, Balance lot of stamps and covers (28 items) incl. scarce and rare official usages, starting with 1867-77 1a orange-vermilion SG96 on internal local cover with Srinagar brick red cancel, 1867-77 1a orange-vermilion SG96 on cover to India with Srinagar brick red cancel and postage due two annas, 1867-77 1a orange-vermilion SG96 on internal local cover with Srinagar brick red cancel, 1867-77 8a red unused, clear margins, scissor cut at left and some toning, 1878-79 1/2a red SG102 on two India 1/2a blue stationery envelopes, 1878-79 Provisional Printings 1/2a slate-violet rough perf. 10 to 12 SG104 unused (small thin), 1878-79 Provisional Printings1a mauve imperf. unused SG107, 1879 1/4a red SG126 on two covers, 1881-83 1/2a orange on four India 1/2a blue stationery envelopes and one cover sent within J&K, 1883-94 2a & 1/2a SG 154 & 146 on the reverse of internal local registered usage, 1883-94 2a & 1/2a SG 154 & 147 on the reverse of registered usage to India in combination with 2 1/2a of Indian postage, 1887-94 1/8a yellow SG162 unused, good to large margins, very fine, and Officials with 1878 Official 1/2a black SGO2 on cover to India, extremely rare as it is very difficult to find official covers properly used (cert. Sismondo 2002), 1880-94 Official 1/4a black SGO6 pair on reverse of small native cover, a rare official local usage, 1880-94 Official 1/2a black SGO7 on 1886 commercial cover to India, 1880-94 Official 1/2a black SGO7 block of 8 on reverse of two native covers tied Srinagar cds (philatelic), 1880-94 Official 1a black SGO8 horizontal strip of four on reverse of registered native local cover by Srinagar cds (philatelic), 1880-94 Official 1a black SGO8 on India 1/2a dark green postal stationery, 1880-94 Official 4a black SGO10 on native local cover with Srinagar cds (philatelic), 1880-94 Official 4a black SGO10 pair on a registered native local (philatelic), and 1880-94 Official 4a black SGO10 on internal cover, a fantastic opportunity for a J&K collector. Ex Dan Walker.