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31941

1852 “Scinde Dawk” 1/2a scarlet, cancelled on small fragment, some cracks, still fine for this difficult stamp and extremely rare, signed Calves, cert. Bloch (1982) (SG £18’000)

SOLD for € 11,000.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31942

HALF ANNA USED BEFORE OFFICIAL DATE OF ISSUE COVER SENT ON AUGUST 17, 1854 FROM THE TONGNOO POST OFFICE IN BURMA 1854 1/2a Blue, two well-margined singles, die I, both cancelled by diamond of dots & tied by red boxed INDIA PAID & LONDON PAID cds, on small neat envelope from Tongnoo to Devon, England, paying the double Indian inland rate up to 1/2 tola, showing dispatch TONGNOO / 1854 AU 17 cds & boxed transit CALCUTTA / G.P.O. / SHIPLETTER / 9 SEP 1854, both in red This is apparently the unique and certainly earliest usage of Indian stamps prior to the official date of use Accompanying two letters verify the fact that stamps were available at the Tongnoo post office in August 1854, the two copies of letters number “No.210” & “No.549” were written by “J.R.B.Bennett, Postmaster General” to “The Director General of the Post Office in India” dated “Calcutta, General Post Office, the 28th August 1854” & “The Postmaster General of Bengal” dated “Rangoon 19th August, 1854” Letter No.210 states: “I have the honour to submit herewith copy of a letter No.549 dated 19th instant, from the Postmaster of Rangoon, from which it appears, that the authorities of Tongnoo through some unaccountable misapprehension have been vending the Stamp Labels supplied to that station and that the Tongnoo mail of the 10th instant which came in on Saturday last, contained several letters bearing the new Indian postage stamps” Letter No.549 states: “I have the honour to acquaint you, that in the mail dispatched from the Tongnoo Post Office on the 10th instant, received today, were enclosed several letters for delivery at this place and for transmission to the General Post Office, bearing the new India Postage Stamps…..” Note: The official date of issue was October 1, 1854 This is the unique usage of an India stamp prior to the official date of use. A marvellous exhibition showpiece and one of the most important items of Indian postal history Obviously, one of the greatest items in Indian Classic Philately Expertise: BPA (2012) States “INDIA – early use, in Burma: 17th August 1854 envelope from Tongnoo, Burma, “via Southampton” to London, franked (before official issue date) with two single 1854-55 1/2a, Die I (SG 2), cancelled ….., is genuine” Estimate: € 100’000 – € 150’000

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31943

1854 1/2a blue, attractive & valuable assembly of 80 cover/fronts all franked with the 1/2a, mostly single frankings & many with four margins, tied by a range of different numeral, octagonal, diamond of dots & bar cancels, mixed to very fine (Est. € 3’000/5’000)

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SOLD for € 3,200.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31944

Second Day of Issue, First Day of Use 1854 1/2a blue, die I, large even margins, tied by dotted diamond cancel, on folded entire to Bombay, dated within ‘Mangalore 2 Oct. 1854’, with Mangalore framed ds & Bombay arrival alongside, very fine & rare early use, cert. BPA (2009)

SOLD for € 4,000.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31945

1854 1/2a blue, die I, four singles, all tied black octagonal “B156” of Rangoon, on 1856 cover from Rangoon via Southampton to Kingston, Ireland, with “INDIA PAID” boxed hs in red alongside crossed out & boxed “DEFICIENT” applied, cover flap missing, Rangoon & Kingston bs, attractive & a scarce usage, only a few cover known to Ireland during this period

SOLD for € 1,500.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31946

1854 1/2a blue, Die I, used with diamond of dots & showing unusual pre-printing paper flaw, fine & extremely rare, cert. BPA (2012)

SOLD for € 2,400.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31947

1854 1a red, die I, four singles, all with good to large margins, all tied blue octagonal “B156” of Rangoon, on 1857 mourning cover from Rangoon via Madras to London, with INDIA PAID boxed hs in red alongside, cover creases & stains, still very fine, attractive & a scarce usage

SOLD for € 1,900.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31948

1854 1d red, die I, four large even margins, cancelled by diamond of dots, on 1855 folded cover from Calcutta to Canton, China, a fine usage to a scarce destination, cert. BPA (2004)

SOLD for € 1,500.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31949

1854 1a red, die II, clear to good margins, cancelled by the very rare diamond bar numeral “13” of Dumann of Portuguese India, with indistinct “DAMANN PAID” in claret alongside, on small native entire to Surat, part address torn away, an extremely rare & important showpiece, cert. BPA (1997)

SOLD for € 3,400.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31950

1854 4a blue & red, Head die II, Frame die I, pair cut to shape, cancelled by crisp diamond of dots, on 1855 folded cover from Calcutta to Marseille, part of address removed, fine & scarce, signed Calves

SOLD for € 2,800.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31951

1854 4a red & blue, Head Die III, Frame Die I, used with diamond of dots & showing unusual pre-printing paper flaw, fine & extremly rare, cert. RPS (2009) & BPA (2011)

SOLD for € 3,800.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31952

1854 4a blue & red, Head Die III, Frame Die II, pair with close to good margins, tied by dotted diamond cancels & oval black PACKET LETTER / MAURITIUS / NO.19.1855 oval ds, on folded 1855 cover to St. Denis, Réunion, addressees name cut out & part flaps missing, still a fine & rare usage

SOLD for € 4,000.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31953

1854 4a blue & red, 4th printing, Head Die III, Frame Die II, vertical pair cut to shape with close to good margins, with 2a green, all tied by dotted diamond & manuscript, on 1855 cover to Edinburgh, boxed INDIA PAID in red alongside, some cover faults, an attractive & colourful usage, signed Calves, cert. RPS (1960), ex Lars Amundsen

SOLD for € 1,700.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31954

1854 4a blue & red, 5th printing, Head Die III, Frame Die II, single large margins with 1a red, Die III, strip of four, all tied by dotted diamond numeral “C 130” cancels on 1858 cover front to London & redirected, an attractive & colourful front, signed Calves, cert. RPS (1960), ex Lars Amundsen

SOLD for € 2,300.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31955

1855 Front from Bombay to the UK franked by four examples of the 1854 2a green and one 1a red, all cancelled by diamonds of dots, boxed INDIA PAID and MARSEILLES 15 AOUT 55 transit alongside, scarce franking

SOLD for € 700.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31956

1854 Lithographed Issue: Attractive & valuable group of 23 covers/fronts, showing a variety of frankings with 1/2a blue, three single frankings, pair showing retouched chignon on one, on 1855 cover to Cardiff, two singles on showing clear plate flaw, on native cover to Madras, 1a red, two single frankings, pair on front to Ireland, strip of three on cover to England, strip of six on local cover, 4a red & blue, single franking to Réunion, two single frankings to England, three 9a rated covers to England & Ireland, two 10a rated covers to France, cert. Holcombe & England, 2a green, pair on registered native cover to Calcutta, strip of thee & 1a strip of three to England, strip of four & 1a single to Guernsey etc., mixed to very fine, an attractive & scarce assembly (Est. € 5’000/8’000)

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SOLD for € 36,000.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31957

1854 Extensive study of the First Issue: 1/2a blue, 1a red, 2a green and 4a blue & red, mounted on 113 album pages showing some unused but mostly used many with four margins including singles, pairs, strips & blocks, plus some covers, displayed in type order, with many illustrations of the different dies & stones for reference purposes, 1/2a blue with 257 singles, 9 pairs, strip of three, two strips of four & fourteen covers, 1a red with 200 singles, 16 pairs, four strips of three, four strips of four, one strip of five, three blocks of four & four covers, 2a green with 71 singles, two pairs, one strip of three & four covers, 4a blue & red with 158 singles, six pairs & one cover, mostly cut to shape, including some dramatic SHIFTED HEAD varieties, mixed to very fine, an amazing assembly for study (100s) (Est. € 15’000/20’000)

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SOLD for € 17,000.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31958

1856 2a green, die proof of the Sperati Forgery signed and handstamped on reverse, very fine & scarce

SOLD for € 5,500.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31959

1856 1/2a pale blue, 1a brown, 2a rose & 8a pale-carmine on blue paper, singles of each tied by Calcutta cds & octagonal ‘B/1’, on 1861 coloured envelope ‘per Str. Nemesis / via Marseilles’ to Boston, with red boxed ‘INDIA/PAID’ & array of rate mkgs, arrival bs, colourful, attractive & scarce 4-colour franking

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM

31960

1856 1/2a pale blue, 1a brown, 4a grey-black & 8a pale-carmine, singles of each tied by Calcutta duplex, on 1862 small neat mourning envelope ‘Overland via Bombay’ to New York, with red boxed ‘INDIA/PAID’ & New York cds alongside, colourful, attractive & scarce 4-colour franking

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM