18 Nov 2024 – 24 Nov 2024
1590 lots
Lot 60350 | Withdrawn
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 4a blue and pale red, 2nd printing, head die II, frame die I, horizontal used pair with wavy blue line and two clear strike of the « 1 » in diamond,…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 60351 | 1854 (Dec 5) Entire letter from Secunderabad to Madras,
India » 1854 Lithographs
1854 (Dec 5) large part wrapper (missing sideflaps) from Secunderabad to Madras, franked by strip of four 1a, S.G. 11, die I (large balanced margins, left…
Estimation: 300 – 600 GBP
Lot 60352 | 1856 (Nov 20) Folded letter from Bolarum via Bombay to London, franked by cut-to-shape 4a blue and red
India » 1854 Lithographs
1856 (Nov 20) Folded letter from Bolarum via Bombay to London, franked by cut-to-shape 4a blue and red (S.G. 19, 2nd printing, head die II, frame die I),…
Estimation: 300 – 600 GBP
Lot 60353 | 1856-1864, 2a yellow-buff, unwatermarked, imperforate
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1856-1864, 2a yellow-buff, unwatermarked, imperforate proof without gum; with BPA certificate 2017, noting « Not of issued status ».
Estimation: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 60354 | 1863 (Jul 22) envelope from Calcutta to England with 1856-64 4a black redirected on arrival with GB 1d red « star »
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1863 (Jul 22) envelope from Calcutta to England with 1856-64 4a black tied by octagonal numeral, « INDIA / PAID » hs, redirected on arrival with GB 1d red…
Estimation: 380 – 420 GBP
Lot 60355 | 1866 (Jun 14) Soldier rate cover from Peshawur (modern day Pakistan) with 8p tied by « 47 » duplex
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1866 (Jun 14) Soldier rate cover from Peshawur (modern day Pakistan) with 8p tied by « 47 » duplex, sent to Dundee, Scotland by a soldier from the Royal…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 60356 | 1866 provisional 6a, purple with large « POSTAGE » overprint
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1866 provisional 6a, purple with large « POSTAGE » overprint in green, together with QV 8p, tied by B/1numeral in blue and indistinct strike of large circular…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 60357 | 1869 (Jul 22) envelope from Akola (Maharashtra) with 1865 8p and two 1866-78 4a, redirected in England
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1869 (Jul 22) envelope from Akola (Maharashtra) with 1865 8p and two 1866-78 4a tied by « 185 » duplex, boxed « PM » adjacent and « INDIA UNPAID » on reverse,…
Estimation: 800 – 900 GBP
Lot 60358 | 1871 (Sep 1) envelope from Malta to India franked with GB 1867-73 3d rose pl.6 and 1d red pl.155 tied by « A24 » duplexes
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1871 (Sep 1) envelope from Malta to India franked with GB 1867-73 3d rose pl.6 and 1d red pl.155 tied by « A24 » duplexes, with Lahore arrival and oval Sea…
Estimation: 1’600 – 2’400 GBP
Lot 60359 | 1873 1/2a blue die II with watermark inverted in used block of four
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1873 1/2a blue die II with watermark inverted in used block of four, cancelled by barred numeral; a very scarce multiple in flawless condition; cert. RPS…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 60360 | 1882-1883, 1/2a blue green, double impression, unused
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1882-1883, 1/2a blue green, double impression, unused with original gum, with some vertical creasing, yellow certificate BPA 1965, very rare.
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 60361 | 1883, 2a, watermark star, perforated 14, unused with
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1883, 2a, watermark star, perforated 14, unused with original gum, double impression; and exceedingly rare stamp with heavy toning (S.G. £4’000).
Estimation: 350 – 500 GBP
Lot 60362 | 1898, 1/4 surcharge on 1/2a blue-green, two different essays of the surcharge
India » 1855-1946 De La Rue and later Crown Colony Issues
1898, 1/4 surcharge on 1/2a blue-green, two different essays of the surcharge, unused with part original gum, with some light toning and pinhole, also…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’200 GBP
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