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India continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1821

1911-36 KGV Issues apparently complete used plus some shades, Inverted & Sideways Watermarks, 1911-23 2r with Extra Pearl, two tete-beche blocks of 4, the 1911 15r has a telegraph cancel, also mint SG 220-246 complete; plus Air Mail Postal Card 4a unused & used x2 and Air Mail Envelope '7½ As' on 8a used; generally fine to very fine, Cat £880++. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1822

1911-23 Star Wmk 1a rose-carmine SG 159 marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, each unit with 'CANCELLED' Overprint, perf separation/reinforcing in the margin otherwise unmounted.

Grade A D1 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$325

SOLD for AU$250.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1823

1924 Universal Postal Congress delegates' folder with QV 1a6p & OHMS 1a + KEVII 3p on the front of the enclosed booklet and KGV to 1r plus Gwalior Overprints to 1r within, all hinged, some very minor aging; also c.1973 small album in red-cloth binding containing '...a token selection...' that are actually stuck-in!

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$180

SOLD for AU$180.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1824

1926-33 KGV Multiple Star Wmk 25r brown-orange & deep bright blue SG 219 horizontal pair, unmounted, Cat £650++, for mounted singles.

Grade A C1 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1825

1949-52 Monuments 1r Victory Tower SG 320 with Strong Offset of both Colours, marginal example from the base of the sheet, faint toning in the margin, unmounted, Cat £45+, for a normal stamp.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

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Estimate AU$325

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1826

1957-58 Map of India 8a blue-green as SG 379a but with Double Print, unmounted. With a normal stamp. (2)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$85.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1827

2006 Ayothidasa Pandithar 5r lower-left corner block of 6 (3x2), the left-hand & central units with the Pale Yellow Printing (Background) Omitted, unmounted.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1828

2010 Pigeons 5r two marginal blocks from the right of the sheets in distinctly different shades & with slightly different horizontal perfs suggesting that one may be a Postal Forgery, also 5r+5r M/S with Dramatic Colour Shift of the Black Printing ('Doubled Pigeons'), unmounted.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1829

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1912-23 KGV Star Wmk 3p to 25r SG O73-96 simplified (no 6a), some aging on the lower values & the 15r, Cat £700.

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1830

REVENUES: Album of issues for India plus Convention & Feudatory States with many unusual items throughout including from tiny Statelings, also some Cinderellas, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

Postal History

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1831

PSE

Batch of QV & KEVII covers & postal stationery in very mixed condition including some postmark interest & KEVII ½a Envelope with QV ½a commercial perfin, plus KGV to KGVI selection including Official mail x3 & commercial airmails to GB x13. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$50.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1832

1877 soldier's letter endorsed "...Private Kingsford 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade" & countersigned at lower-left, to England with East India 9p tied by 'PESHAWAR' duplex, boxed 'TOO LATE' h/s & superb 'T/I 2/L DN' TPO backstamp.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1833

1883 cover to Victoria with East India 2a & 4a tied by largely superb ' Z /CALCUTTA/DEC.11 - C' duplex, Bombay & Melbourne transit & Geelong arrival b/s of JA10/83 (error for '84'), minor defects.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1834

1894 merchant's cover from Bombay to "Hamadan via Bushir" (Persia) with light 'BOUSHIR' & fine boxed 'TEHERAN' (reversed 'N') transit b/s & light 'HAMADAN' arrival cds on the face.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1835

1895 soldier's letter endorsed "...Cpl Lucas A Squadron 5th RI Lancers" & countersigned at lower-left, unusually to the Cape of Good Hope with 1a tied by superb 'MUTTRA CANTT' squared-circle, 'SEA POST OFFICE/ C ' transit & 'KING WILLIAMS/TOWN' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [The crest of the 5th Royal Irish Regiment is embossed in green on the flap. The addressee was a pharmacist]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1836

1910 merchant's cover from Bombay to "Dezful/via Mohamarah" with very fine 26mm 'MOHAMMERAN' transit & Persian 'lemon' 'DIZFOUL' arrival b/s, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1837

PSE

1919 (Nov 18) usage of uncancelled KGV ¼a Postal Card with 'Prosit/Neujahr!/[pig apparently defecating on a headstone inscribed 'Ahmed-/nagar']/1920' printed on the reverse, to Germany with huge boxed 'PASSED CENSOR/22NOV1919/[initials]' d/s in violet. A remarkably late WWI POW item that presumably was still entitled to free postage.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1838

1948 (Nov 9) commercial airmail cover to Belgium with Gandhi 1½a & 12a + KGV ½a tied by untidy Delhi cds.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1839

FLIGHT COVERS: 1911 'FIRST UK AERIAL POST' envelope in crimson with GB 1d tied by largely superb 'FIRST UNITED KINGDOM/AERIAL POST/SP15/11/LONDON/ - 3 - ' cds, to Bombay with 'SEA POST OFFICE/ A /BOMBAY-ADEN' transit b/s, redirected to 'ABBOTTABAD' (arrival b/s).

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM

1840

FLIGHT COVERS: 1911 (Feb 18) cover to ".../Asst Opium Agent/Moradabad" with KEVII ½a tied by 'FIRST AERIAL POST/[plane]/1911/U.P. EXPEDITION ALLAHABAD' cachet in magenta, "Moradabad" crossed-out & amended to "Badan" apparently in the same ink as used for the cachet, three different 'BUDAUN' b/s, redirected to the nearby town of "Bilsi" with part of an 'EXP[ERIMENTAL] PO/22FE/11' arrival, small repaired tear at the top, vertical fold at left & the flap has been removed. Very few covers from this flight were redirected.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$800

SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Mar-01, 06:00 PM