18 Nov 2024 – 24 Nov 2024
7867 lots
Lot 60363 | 1903 QV stationery sent to Madagascar uprated
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1903 QV stationery sent to Madagascar uprated with 2a QV stamps cancelled Kachwa and with pen line across, , on reverse is Aden transit 5 March and blue…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 60364 | 1913, Afghan postcard with ROSE imprint on back 1913
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1913, Afghan postcard with ROSE imprint on back 1913 uprated by India SG 121 Chaman. Folded and some minor faults, still attractive double-usage.
Estimation: 100 – 200 GBP
Lot 60365 | 1930s-1950s small group of four crash and wreck covers,
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1930s-1950s small group of four crash and wreck covers, airmail letter bearing KGV 4a with cachet « Damaged by Immersion in Sea Water », 1935 letter to Karachi…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 60366 | No Lot
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
No Lot
Estimation: NaN GBP
Lot 60367 | 1934-35 India (Saugor & Sikkim) 4 items rocket mail covers & card
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1934-35 Group of three rocket mail covers and one card incl. two from Saugor Island (one night firing), as well as another two from Sikkim, bearing value…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 60368 | 1935 (Jun 6) Rocketgram with 2R Quetta Earthquake Relief Fund label
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1935 (Jun 6) Rocketgram with 2R Quetta Earthquake Relief Fund label, with 1935 Silver Jubilee 9r tied by Kolaghat large violet ds, signed by Stephen Smith,…
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 60369 | 1935-1972 Stephen Smith six rocketgrams postmarked
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1935-1972 Stephen Smith six rocketgrams postmarked Gangtok and Burnpur and bearing a variety of rocket despatch labels and cachets. « R. no. 66 » 29.6 1935…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 60370 | 1936-1939 Stephen Smith six rocket mail envelopes postmarked
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1936-1939 Stephen Smith six rocket mail envelopes postmarked Calcutta and bearing a variety of rocket despatch labels. « The Liar » 19.9 1939 (SS-59), « Grog-Nee-Gin »…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 60371 | 1945 KGVI embossed 1 1/2a postal stationary postmarked Bangpur
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1945 KGVI embossed 1 1/2a postal stationary postmarked Bangpur-Siswan 16 July 1945 to Goalundo. The stationary incurred postage due and was struck by Goalundo…
Estimation: 50 – 100 GBP
Lot 60372 | 1948 Gandhi Memorial Mourning Issue, folder with four
India » Dominion
1948 Gandhi Memorial Mourning Issue, folder with four stamps, 1 1/2a, 3 1/2a, 12a, 10r. Stamps cancelled by oval Madras GPS 15 Aug. 1948. A very attractive…
Estimation: 100 – 200 GBP
Lot 60373 | 1864 1/2a on small letter from Pondicherry to Karikal, perfectly tied by diamond of dots 111
India » Foreign Settlements in India » French Indian Settlements
1864 1/2a on small letter from Pondicherry to Karikal, perfectly tied by diamond of dots 111, with boxed Pondicherry pm on back next to Karrical receiver…
Estimation: 100 – 200 GBP
Lot 60374 | 1856-1865, selection of postmarks on a good range of
India » Used Abroad
1856-1865, selection of postmarks on a good range of QV early perforated stamps, including Burma B5 (Akyab) and B12 (Bassein), B147 Penang, B172 Straits…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 60375 | 1925 KGV 1a chocolate pair affixed on reverse of cover from Bahrain
India » Used Abroad » Bahrain
1925 KGV 1a chocolate pair affixed on reverse of cover to Manchester, struck by light but clear strike of Bahrain double circle with date band cancellation….
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 60376 | 1854 group B/147 cancellations
India » Used Abroad » Straits Settlements » Penang (147)
Small 1854 group of B/147 cancellations on first issue India including 1a with good margins and clear cancel, albeit upside down on stamp, 2a green with…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 60377 | 1854-1867 accumulation B172 cancellations
India » Used Abroad » Straits Settlements » Singapore (172)
Small group of B/172 cancellations including 1854 1a. and two 2a., one on piece with good to close margins, fine four margined 4a, Head III, Frame II,…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 60378 | 1860-61 8p purple/bluish used B/172
India » Used Abroad » Straits Settlements » Singapore (172)
1860-61 8p purple/ bluish fresh used with clear (inverted) B172 cancellation, fine condition
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 60379 | 1925, service overprints 1r on 15r and 1r on 25r, mint blocks of 4
India » Officials
1925, Service overprints 1r on 15r and 1r on 25r, mint marginal blocks of four; two very fine blocks of fresh colour with some minor perforation splitting.
Estimation: 100 – 200 GBP
Lot 60380 | 1948, 3 1/2a Independence issue overprinted « SERVICE » used
India » Officials
1948, 3 1/2a Gandhi overprinted « SERVICE », used with creasing and toning spots; a very rare stamp; cert. BPA (2021) (S.G. £2’750).
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 60381 | 1971 official stamp 5p green with overprint « Refugee Relief » imperforate
India » Officials
1971 official stamp 5p green with overprint « Refugee Relief », unused without gum, vertical strip of ten imperforate and misaligned so that each row has…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 60382 | 1927 Royal Airforce Display 1927: Two covers cancelled
India » Airmails
1927 Royal Airforce Display, two covers cancelled by clear strike of the fancy ROYAL AIRFORCE DISPLAY 1927/DELHI cds, fine and scarce.
Estimation: 150 – 180 GBP
Lot 60383 | 1929-1930 airmail issue mint top marginal complete set signed in the margins by artist G. Grant
India » Airmails
1929-1930 airmail issue, complete set mint hinged with margins, signed in the margins by artist G. Grant. A very rare set, mint with hinge on back, with…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 60384 | 1936 aircraft crash India Great Britain Greece aircraft Scipio
India » Airmails
1936, SCIPIO aircraft crash of Imperial airways off coast of Crete, cover from India (Lahore) to Great Britain (Herts) bearing at back large sealing labels…
Estimation: 100 – 120 GBP
Lot 60385 | 1937 wreck cover India Great Britain aircraft Cygnus
India » Airmails
1937, Crash of CYGNUS aircraft, cover from India to Great Britain bearing at front crash cachet ‘DAMAGED BY SEA WATER IN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT’
Estimation: 100 – 120 GBP
Lot 60386 | 1960s India aerogramme mis-cut and mis-printed, full
India » Airmails
1960s India aerogramme mis-cut and mis-printed, full lettersheet with partial Indian inscription. A most unusual anomaly.
Estimation: 50 – 70 GBP
Lot 60387 | 1930, « Flown Cover of Famous Pilot » Mrs. Victor Bruce, two covers with one Karachi-Jodhpur and other Karachi-Rangoon
India » Airmails
1930, « Flown Cover of Famous Pilot » Mrs. Victor Bruce, two covers with one Karachi-Jodhpur and other Karachi-Rangoon, each franked with KGV 1a and signed…
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 60388 | 1904 KEVII Special Adhesive 2a to 500r complete set
India » Revenues
1904 KEVII Special Adhesive 2a to 500r complete set of twenty-three (plus additional 10r with cnr fault) stuck down on numbered archival presentation sheet…
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 60389 | 1990s, India revenue 20p red, vertical strip of ten
India » Revenues
1990s, India revenue 20p red, vertical strip of ten with full side margin, mint with full gum. With error to « Revenue » in the third stamp from bottom….
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 60390 | Queen Victoria Telegraph: 1 ANNA on 4R violet, mint
India » Telegraph Stamps
Queen Victoria Telegraph: 1 ANNA on 4R violet, mint nh bottom sheet marginal block fourteen, fresh, very fine and an attractive multiple.
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 60391 | India – 1854-1882 Queen Victoria, a fascinating and wide-ranging group
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1854-1882 Sperati forgeries, a fascinating and wide-ranging group of reproduction materials for stamps and postmarks, comprising a unique exposure on glass…
Estimation: 1’400 – 2’800 GBP
Lot 60392 | 1854-1946 collection on stocksheets
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1854-1946 collection on stocksheets, with used 1854 imperfs comprising 1/2a x 10 and 1a x 6, with mint issues thereafter which, though comprehensive in…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 60393 | 1854-1955 used collection on pages
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1854-1955 used collection on pages with 1854 imperfs incl 4 x 1/2a, 2 x 1a, plus 4a (3 margins, just touched at left) and the later QV issues to 5r (the…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 60394 | 1860-1900, India QV letters and postal stationary,
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1860-1900, India QV letters and postal stationary, accumulation of more than 50 items with much interesting material, and much really interesting postal…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 60395 | 1862-1918, small group of five covers sent from GB
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1862-1918, small group of five covers sent from GB to India, 1862 to Dragoon Guards in Lucknow, bearing 1854 1d red, 1858 2d blue (pl 9), 1856 6d lilac;…
Estimation: 100 – 120 GBP
Lot 60396 | 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…
Estimation: 150 – 220 GBP
Lot 60397 | 1890-1941, India incoming mail, incl. 1890 The Hague
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1890-1941, India incoming mail, incl. 1890 The Hague to Bombay 25c with negative Sea PO on back, 1892 Toronto-Madras with Sea PO stamp on back, 1910 Bavaria-Bombay,…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 60398 | 1903-1912 KEVII, small group of six letters and postcards
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1903-1912 KEVII, small group of six letters and postcards and commemorative Coronation cards, including card 1909 to Berlin cancelled « Temporary PO Chrowrasta »;…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 60399 | 1919-1937, KGV group of 30 letters and postcards sent
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1919-1937, KGV group of 30 letters and postcards sent to Europe and America, a very interesting range, incl. much good airmail such as 1927 struck by « Air…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 60400 | 1932-55 collection of 50 or so covers in album
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1932-55 collection of 50 or so covers in an album, mostly Airmails, with KGV First Flights, Gandhi low value FDCs, 1953 Railway, Centenary covers, 1954…
Estimation: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 60401 | 1942-1950 group of eight KGVI letters, incl. 1950 Inauguration
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1942-1950 group of eight KGVI letters, incl. 1950 Inauguration of Republic set on letter Pondicherry-New York, 1937 1r definitive to New York with cachet…
Estimation: 50 – 70 GBP
Lot 60402 | Azad Hind stamps on 3 stocksheets and the Book by H
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1943 Azad Hind stamps on 3 stocksheets and the book by H A Friedman as well as newspaper cuttings.
Estimation: 50 – 75 GBP
Lot 60403 | 1951-1964, group of 20 covers, incl. first flight envelopes,
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1951-1964, group of 20 covers, incl. first flight envelopes, FDCs, Indian Army PO in Vientiane/Hanoi/Phnom Penh FDC 1954, India used in Kenya: small attractive…
Estimation: 100 – 200 GBP
Lot 60404 | 1971-2010, card with mint stamps, featuring errors
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1971-2010, card with mint stamps, featuring errors like mis-perforation, shifted print, double overprint. A most unusual lot.
Estimation: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 60405 | 1933 Alliance issue black on green mint corner marginal pair and marginal block of four
Indian States » Bahawalpur
1933 Alliance issue black on green mint corner marginal pair and marginal block of four, fresh, very fine and rare in this quality.
Estimation: 60 – 70 GBP
Lot 60406 | 1933 Alliance Centenary 1a black on green tied to 1933 Christmas card by « SADIQ-GARH / BAHAWALPUR » 27 OCT 33 cds
Indian States » Bahawalpur
1933 Alliance Centenary 1a black on green tied to 1933 Christmas card from the Nawab Ruler of Bahawalpur by « SADIQ-GARH / BAHAWALPUR » 27 OCT 33 double…
Estimation: 1’600 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 60407 | 1933 Alliance issue black on green with large « Sarkari »
Indian States » Bahawalpur
1933 Alliance issue black on green with large « Sarkari » overprint in black on mint pair, fresh, very fine and rare in this quality; ex « Hyphasis ».
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 60408 | Officials: 1945 1 1/2a on 1r black and orange, two singles, on 1946 OHHS printed envelope
Indian States » Bahawalpur
Officials: 1945 1 1/2a on 1r black and orange, two singles, on 1946 OHHS printed envelope, addressed to the Nawab’s son and heir at the Sadiqgarh Palace,…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 60409 | Officials: 1945 1 1/2a black and violet on 1949 (Mar 4) envelope tied by Baghddad-ul-Jadid cancel
Indian States » Bahawalpur
Officials: 1945 1 1/2a black and violet on 1949 (Mar 4) envelope tied by Baghddad-ul-Jadid cancel, sent locally, very fine and rare usage paying the correct…
Estimation: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 60410 | 1945-49 Attractive mint and used collection neatly mounted on eighteen album pages
Indian States » Bahawalpur
1945-49 Attractive mint and used collection neatly mounted on eighteen album pages, showing a good deal of completion with both general issues and officials…
Estimation: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 60412 | 1890-93 1/4a on reddish purple pane of 40 showing « Postage » and « postage » printings
Indian States » Bamra
1890-93 1/4a on reddish purple pane of 40, showing 20 « Postage » and 20 « postage » printings, no major varieties, a nice item for the specialist.
Estimation: 50 – 80 GBP


















































