377th Auction

1940-46, complete set from 1/4 anna to 5 rupees (SG value £700)

Proofs on toned wove paper in horizontal pairs of the complete set of eight with proofs of both the frame and vignette of the bi-color issues

39a MNH 1941  1 1/4 anna yellow-green imperf pair, Only one sheet of 80 was discovered imperforate; this being one of only 40 possible (SG value £450)

1946  4 annas yellow-brown block of 24 (SG value £528)

1943,  5 rupees black & yellow-orange (SG value £425)

1906,  1/4 anna orange overprinted "SERVICE" with error, "CE" of "SERVICE" omitted

1904,  1/2 anna lake overprinted "SERVICE" imperf block of four with overprint shifted to the right (SG value £300)

1904-06  1/2 anna lake vertical marginal pair, top stamp without overprint (SG value £900)

1904,  1 anna green overprinted "SERVICE" with error, overprint double, not listed in SG

1906,  3 annas violet overprinted "SERVICE" bottom marginal imperf pair with overprint shifted to right, crackled gum (SG value £450)

Bi-color Proofs of the 1 rupee Receipt stamp in five different colors

1 anna court fee in grey-blue complete imperf sheet of nine each stamp with small punch hole on bottom left and overprinted "WATERLOW & SONS LTD / SPECIMEN"

1893, cover back (front missing) franked with Indore 1 anna brown-red Court Fee stamp tied by Devnagri "E" (for Indore) in circle of bars with "AGRA 12 FEB 93" delivery cds. 

1/4 anna postcard with error, 3rd word in 3rd line of text misspelled reading "SIRNAGAHI" instead of "SIRNAMAHI"

1/4 anna postcard with error, 3rd word in 3rd line of text misspelled reading "SIRNAGAHI" instead of "SIRNAMAHI"

Folded letter franked with 1904  1/2 anna blue tied by Jaipur 1 Sept 04" cds (SG value £120)

1904  ½a deep blue on local cover.

8 March 1914 registered cover with boxed registration strike on front franked with 1906-08  1/2a blue x 2, 1a bright red and 2a deep green. A beautiful three color franking of the Perkins Bacon issue....

Plate Proof of the Perkins Bacon 1a in chocolate in an imperf block of 12 impressions on thin wove paper with manuscript annotation "V. Mahogany Lake (Bhopal)".

1912  1/4a olive Perf. 11 sheet containing three panes of 12

1930, registered cover franked with 14 copies (block of four, two strips of four + a pair) of 1/4 anna olive

Local cover franked with ¼a olive vertical pair with error, stamps imperforate horizontally tied by two strikes of "2 MAR 14" cds with "5 MAR 14"  delivery cds on reverse. This stamp unpriced used in ...

1930, registered cover franked with 14 copies (two blocks of six + a pair) of 1/4 anna bistre

Registered cover franked with 1912-22  1/4 anna blue, 1 anna scarlet and 2 annas green, A beautiful three color franking

Jaipur 1/2 anna blue postal stationery envelope additionally franked with 1 anna carmine & 2 annas green with perforation error