Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1935
Symbol: #
Cat No: 1 (F&V 1
PIN PERFORATED: 1a dull blue SG 1 (F&V 1) Stg 2, unused with small-part brown original gum, Cat £350 (US$400). Wolfgang Hellrigl's example with large-part o.g., sold for SFr576.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1936
Symbol: #
Cat No: 1 (F&V 1
PIN PERFORATED: 1a ultramarine SG 1 (F&V 1) Stg 1 [18, lower frame uneven at left], gorgeous shade, unusually well centred, unused, Cat £350 (US$400). Superb. Wolfgang Hellrigl's example with large-part o.g., sold for SFr600.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1937
Symbol: *
Cat No: 2 (F&V 2
PIN PERFORATED: 2a purple SG 2 (F&V 2), full colour, well centred, large-part original brown gum, Cat £400 (US$600). Wolfgang Hellrigl's two examples sold for SFr1080 & SFr576 respectively.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1938
Symbol: *
Cat No: 3 (F&V 3
PIN PERFORATED: 4a yellow-green SG 3 (F&V 3), delicate shade, unusually well centred, light ironed-out horizontal crease, large-part original white gum, Cat £550 (US$550). Wolfgang Hellrigl's two superb examples sold for SFr660 & SFr600 respectively.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1939
Symbol: #
Cat No: 4 (F&V 4
IMPERFORATE: 1a blue SG 4 (F&V 4) three examples comprising 1) ultramarine Stg 1, margins good to large, superb; 2) dull blue Stg 2 [63; notch in upper frameline at left], margins close to good; and 3) milky blue Setting unknown, large-even margins; all unused, Cat £675 (US$450). (3)
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1940
Symbol: #
Cat No: 4 (F&V 4
IMPERFORATE: 1a blue SG 4 (F&V 4) Stg 1 horizontal strip of 4 [1-4], unit [3] with Dent at Upper-Left Corner, large even margins, the first unit with a couple of almost imperceptible tonespots otherwise the strip is superb, unused, Cat £900+ (US$600+). [Hellrigl & Vignola state at page 67, "...the imperforates are invariably without gum...multiples of this setting are extremely rare"]
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1942
Symbol: *
Cat No: 5 (F&V 5
IMPERFORATE: 2a bright purple SG 5 (F&V 5) Stg 2 [34; White Flaw to Centre-Left at Base], margins just clear - at upper-right - to large, large-part original white gum & rare thus, Cat £225+ (US$175+). [Hellrigl & Vignola state at page 122 "only a handful of clearly printed 2 annas are known with a white gum"]
EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: Early Printings remaindered selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages comprising 1a dull blue Setting 9 lower-left corner block of 4 and Settings 10-18 1a unused x4 & used x5 including a vertical strip of 3, 2a Settings 4-6 unused x11 including two pairs with small-part marginal characters & block of 4 with frameline at left, generally very fine to superb, Cat £2180+ (US$1370+). (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1945
Symbol: #
Cat No: 7 (F&V 7
EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 1a blue SG 7 (F&V 7) Setting 8 block of 4 [51-52/59-60] comprising two vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 7a (F&V 7a) in dull blue on toned paper, and Setting 9 lower-right corner block of 4 [49-50/57-58] in bright blue on white paper, both with margins good to huge, unused, Cat £1750+ (US$800+). Superb. [SG 7/a comprises stamps from Settings 4-8] (2 blocks)
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1946
Symbol: G
Cat No: 8 (F&V 8
EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 2a dull violet SG 8 (F&V 8) block of 4, margins good to large, Character-in-Bars cancels of Kathmandu, Cat £520+ (US$320+), for singles. [SG 8/a comprises stamps from Settings 4 to 6]
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1947
Symbol: #
Cat No: 8 (F&V 8
EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 2a blue-violet SG 8 (F&V 8) on Stout Paper Setting 6 (?) marginal block of 8 [49-52/57-60] from the lower-left of the sheet, margins good to huge, unused, Cat £960+ (US$400++). Superb.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1948
Symbol: #
Cat No: 8 (F&V 8
EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 2a blue-violet SG 8 (F&V 8) on Stout Paper Setting 5 marginal irregular block of 18 [31-32/37-40/45-48/53-56/61-64] from the lower-right of the sheet with traces of the marginal lines at right & base, margins good to huge, unused, Cat £2160+ (US$900+), for singles. Superb. With 1999 letter from Wolfgang Hellrigl: "...the only blocks I know of are from the top and bottom corners of the left side...your block is probably (90%) from Setting 5 [and] the largest known multiple of this rare setting!!" In their book, Hellrigl & Vignola state at page 127 "...Multiples and marginal copies must be regarded as great rarities"
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1949
Symbol: G
Cat No: Collection
EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 2a deep blue Error of Colour tete-beche pair F&V 8ba (Hellrigl & Vignola 9a), margins close to good, bold Character-in-Bars cancels of Ilam, F&V Cat US$1200++, for two singles but unpriced for a tete-beche pair (Hellrigl & Vignola US$3000). For some reason known only to themselves, the Error of Colour is unlisted in Gibbons but mentioned in a footnote. Absent from the collections of Wolfgang Hellrigl, Richard Frajola and Henry Pattiz.
Hellrigl & Vignola state at page 127 "...The printings in blue are extremely rare. These are undoubtedly genuine errors of colour, since the deep blue shade of the contemporary 1 anna is matched in every respect". [The Error of Colour is found only in Setting 5 of 1886]
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1950
Symbol: #
Cat No: 9 (F&V 9
EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 4a deep yellow-green SG 9 (F&V 9) Setting 4 block of 12 [27-30/35-38/43-46], margins good to large, vertical crease affects the first column, Cat £1680+ (US$960+), for singles. [SG 10/a comprises stamps from Settings 3 and 4]
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1951
Symbol: #
Cat No: 9 (F&V 9
EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 4a deep yellow-green SG 9 (F&V 9) Setting 4 irregular block of 18 [25-28/33-36/41-44/49-52/59-60] from the lower-left of the sheet, margins good to huge, Cat £2520+ (US$1440+), for singles. Superb.
Please note that the illustration is on its side: the base is to the right of the page.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1952
Symbol: #
Cat No: 9 (F&V 9
EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 4a yellow-green on stout paper SG 9 (F&V 9) Setting 4 marginal block of 9 [45-47/53-55/61-63] from the base of the sheet with the central unit Inverted resulting in a Tete-Beche Pair SG 9a (F&V 9a), margins good to huge, paper inclusion on [55], unused, Cat £1880+ (US$1060++), for seven singles & a tete-beche pair. Superb.
LATER PRINTINGS WITH SLIGHTLY BLURRED IMPRESSIONS: Balance on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages comprising 2a Settings 7-12 unused x9 including two pairs with marginal framelines at left or right & a horizontal Tete-Beche Pair, and various settings used x11 including a block of 4 (thinned) with superb character-in-bars cancels of Doti and five in various shades all with the Major Frame Dent at Centre-Left, and 4a unused x9 including a marginal pair from the base of the sheet with frameline at base, and used x8 including with a superb character-in-bars cancel of Banke & a horizontal strip of 3, a few problems in the used otherwise generally very fine to superb, Cat £1600+ (US$3150+). (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1954
Symbol: #
Cat No: 10 (F&V 7
LATER PRINTINGS WITH SLIGHTLY BLURRED IMPRESSIONS: 1a dull blue SG 10 (F&V 7) Settings 8-11 marginal block of 12 [29-32/37-40/45-48] from the right of the sheet, margins large to huge, [37] with Diagonal Scratch at Lower-Left, [40] with Small Diagonal Scratch at Upper-Right & [48] with Vertical Crack at Upper-Right, the apparent ink-marks are fibres in the paper & the transient Halo Flaw on [38] is caused by a flaw in the paper, unused, Cat £266+ (US$480++). A technically interesting positional block. [SG 10/a comprises stamps from Settings 9-18]
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1955
Symbol: #
Cat No: 10 (F&V 11
LATER PRINTINGS WITH SLIGHTLY BLURRED IMPRESSIONS: 1a dull blue SG 10 (F&V 11) Settings 8-9 marginal block of 12 [1-4/9-12/17-20] from the upper-left of the sheet, and marginal block of 6 [6-7/14-16] from the upper right of the sheet, between them with almost complete inscription 'EK ANE TEKAT [CHAR] RUPAIYA KO' (= 1 anna stamps [totalling] four rupees), both with margins good to huge, unused, Cat £180+ (US$720++). Very scarce positional pieces. (2 blocks)
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1956
Symbol: #
Cat No: 12a (F&V 9a
LATER PRINTINGS WITH SLIGHTLY BLURRED IMPRESSIONS: 4a deep yellow-green vertical Tete-Beche Pair SG 12a (F&V 9a) Settings 5-6 [54/62], margins good to huge, minor writing-ink mark in the upper margin, unused, Cat £300 (US$500).
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1957
Symbol: O
Cat No: 12a (F&V 9a
LATER PRINTINGS WITH SLIGHTLY BLURRED IMPRESSIONS: 4a deep yellow-green vertical Tete-Beche Pair SG 12a (F&V 9a) Setting 8 [54/62] with marginal line at the base, indistinct cancels, Cat £250 (US$750). Wolfgang Hellrigl Certificate (1985).
Tete-beche pairs are much scarcer used than unused. In most cases, this is not reflected in the Gibbons prices.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1958
Symbol: #O
Cat No: 13-17a
IMPERFORATE: SG 13-17a (F&V 10-12) selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages comprising 1a strip of 3 & two tete-beche pairs, all used; 2a shades unused x8 including two pairs, and used x14 including a pair & strip of 3, fine postmarks of Butwal, Hanumannagar, Kardaban x2, Karnali & Kathmandu; and 4a shades unused x7 including a pair, and used x10 including a strip of 4 & a rare olive-green single; some annotated varieties, condition a bit variable but most are fine to superb, Cat £2690+ (US$2330+). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1959
Symbol: G
Cat No: 15 (F&V 11
IMPERFORATE: 2a grey-violet SG 15 (F&V 11) Setting 14 marginal block of 6 (5-7/13-15] from the top of the sheet with thick marginal frameline, margins good to huge, character-in-bars cancels of Kathmandu, Cat £350+ (US$300+). Rare. Only Settings 14 (1899-1900) & 15 (1900-1901) had the upper frameline 4-5mm above the stamps. On Setting 15, the frameline was thinner than here.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1960
Symbol: #
Cat No: 17a (F&V 12a
IMPERFORATE: 4a yellow-green vertical Tete-Beche Pair SG 17a (F&V 12a) Setting 8 [54/62] in a corner block of 8 [53-56/61-64] from the lower-right of the sheet, margins close to enormous, minor blemishes, unused, Cat £770+ (US$800+) for a tete-beche pair & six normal singles.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1961
Symbol: #
Cat No: 17a (F&V 12a
IMPERFORATE: 4a green vertical Tete-Beche Pair SG 17a (F&V 12a) [54/62], margins good to large, unused, Cat £900 (US$500). Superb. The illustration is above Lot 1966.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1965
Symbol: #
Cat No: 21 (F&V 12P
PIN PERFORATED: 4a yellow-green SG 21 (F&V 12P) Settings 9-10 horizontal strip of 4 [61-64] from the lower-right of the sheet with marginal lines at right & base, [63] with Deformed Frame at Right, some trimmed perfs otherwise superb, unused, Cat £600+ (US$400+).
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1966
Symbol: #
Cat No: 21 (F&V 12P
PIN PERFORATED: 4a dull green SG 21 (F&V 12P) Setting 11 block of 4 [44-45/52-53], unit [45] with Irregular Frame at Right, unused, Cat £600+ (US$400+).
The illustration is above Lot 1961.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1968
Symbol: V
Cat No: 22 (F&V 13
IMPERFORATE: ½a black SG 22 (F&V 13) Stg 3 Early Printing with Clearly Defined Impressions block of 4, annotated varieties on all units, fine central 'Ne' (= Nepal) cancel of Kathmandu, Cat £600+ (US$400+). Superb. A very scarce multiple: Hellrigl & Vignola at page 183 state "Most of the sheets of this setting were pin-perforated".
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1969
Symbol: #
Cat No: 23 (F&V 13
PIN-PERFORATED: ½a black SG 23 (F&V 13) Stg 3 corner block of 20 [1-5/9-15/17-21/25-29] with annotated varieties on seven units, [29] is defective otherwise very fine, Cat £580+ (US$2000+).
LOCAL PAPERS: Selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages with Imperforate Stg 26 unused block of 8 [21-24/29-32] in which [24] was completely recut for Stg 19 (1898) but remains clearer than the other units, Ultramarine Stg 27 unused block of 8 [53-56/61-64] from the lower-right of the sheet with massive sheet margin at the base & horizontal Tete-Beche Pair [63-64], and used singles x4 including both recuts of [64], vertical pair, two horizontal Tete-Beche Pairs (one in a block of 4 with Rays cancel of Jalewar), and vertical strip of 4 with Character-in-Bars cancel of Siraha (withdrawn in 1903); and Pin-Perforated unused single & marginal block of 4 [31-32/39-40] with the lower units being a horizontal Tete-Beche Pair; generally fine to very fine, Cat £840+ (US$1200+).
Selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages including 1907 Perkins Bacon imperf plate proof pairs in the issued colours, 1933 used set plus two additional 5r with minor Vignette Shifts and x32 including a block of 16 (4x4) all with telegraph punches on a single telegram piece, 1934 4p unused block of 4 with Grossly Misplaced Perforations, 1941 Local Issue 4p Reversed Image imperf plate proof block of 4 on gummed paper, 2p Imperforate Pair, 8p vertical pair Imperforate Between SG 59a, & a few others, a couple of covers including 1954 Mixed Issue franking of Local 2p + 1954 Map 20p x2 & 1957 4a, six multiples up to 1930 16p block of 14 (7x2) mostly on telegram pieces with cancels including oval Jaleswar, fancy Amlekghanj x2 and private seal inscribed 'MADHAL', also forgeries x24 including 2p block of 16 (4x4), generally very fine.
1941-46 Local Printings First Printing 2p bright yellow-green Error of Colour SG 57a complete sheet of 40 (4x10) with marginal inscriptions at the sides & an additional full-width line of perforations at the base apparently to allow for removal from a book of sheets as indicated by staple-holes at the base, folded in the upper margin for display & a few minor blemishes but most units are very fine to superb, full unmounted original gum, Cat £450++; plus 1950s ungummed sheets of 40 (4x10) comprising 2p brown on Laid Paper with inscriptions on both sides, 2p lake-brown on Wove Paper with inscriptions at left only, and 8p scarlet on Wove Paper with inscriptions at right only, some minor imperfections, Cat £160++.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1915-45 internal commercial covers including seven registered & with a variety of frankings on the reverse & postmarks including 1911 'Cross'-type of Butwal, Gorkha & Trisuli, 'Sun & Crescent' of Tatapani x2, Large Ornamental type of Syuraj, Hulak 'straight' type of Sarlahi & Taulihawa and 'curved' type of Dhulikhel & Sarlahi, five different Kathmandu types inscribed 'NEPAL', and Exchange Office types from Kathmandu & Birganj, a few faults but generally fine and the postmarks are generally fine to very fine.
Remaindered selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit/display pages with ½a black x14 including a pair apparently Printed Double plus a sheet of 64 with four Tete-Beche Pairs, Redrawn 1a x63 including blocks of 4 x3 & blocks of 6 x2 plus six Tete-Beche Pairs two of them in blocks of 4 and a complete sheet of 64 with more Tete-Beche Pairs, 2a array of shades x21, purple-brown block of 12 with two Tete-Beche Pairs, 2a yellow-brown block of 6 with Cliché 9 Omitted and Tete-Beche Pair [10/18], 2a brown Setting 27 Cleaned Lettering x7 including a block of 4, and 4a green x16 including two blocks of 4 (one unused), all with telegraph cancels, finally a page of spurious pin-perfs x18 including ½a black & 1a Tete-Beche Pairs and some dubious cancels, generally very fine to superb, Cat £2800+ (US$3350+). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,250
Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1973
Symbol: #O
HALF ANNA: ½a black selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages comprising singles x4, Tete-Beche Pairs x2 [1-2] & [25-26], vertical strip of 4, blocks of 4 x3, block of 8, & lower half-sheet of 32 (8x4) including Tete-Beche Pair [57-58], other annotated varieties, a few faults but most are fine to very fine, various crescent-cancels including full strikes of Birganj & Kathmandu and fancy-boxed cancel of Amlekhganj, Cat £650+ (US$725+). (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1974
Symbol: O
Cat No: 34 (F&V 17
HALF ANNA: ½a black SG 34 (F&V 17) Setting 13 complete sheet of 64 (8x8) with the outer margins removed, six inverted clichés [1 6 7 8 25 & 57] creating six horizontal or vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 34a (F&V 17a), remarkably fine, Cat £680+ (US$730+).
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1975
Symbol: O
Cat No: 35 (F&V 16
HALF ANNA: ½a vermilion SG 35 (F&V 16) Setting 6 singles x3 in different shades including [27] & [41], another with spurious pin perfs, also a forged horizontal Tete-Beche Pair, Cat £1050 (US$1050) for the three used imperf examples. (6) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1976
Symbol: F/V
Cat No: 27 (F&V 18
ONE ANNA: 1a dull ultramarine Setting 27 SG 27 (F&V 18) complete sheet of 64 (8x8) with the outer margins removed, nine inverted clichés [15 18 23 27 37 40 41 51 & 64] creating nine horizontal or vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 27a (F&V 18a), remarkably fine, crescent-cancels of Birganj, Cat £2100+ (US$1000+), for nine Tete-Beche Pairs and 46 singles.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1977
Symbol: g/v
Cat No: 26 (F&V 18
ONE ANNA: 1a dull blue Setting 27 SG 26 (F&V 18) Second State variant with the Clichés 'Cleaned' large-part sheet of 48 (8x6) from the top of the sheet with the outer margins removed, seven inverted clichés [15 18 23 27 37 40 41] creating seven horizontal or vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 26a (F&V 18a), remarkably fine, crescent-cancels, Cat £775++ (US$690++), for seven Tete-Beche Pairs and 34 singles. [Hellrigl & Vignola state at page 105 "A variety of the Second State of this heavily used plate is..the so-called 'cleaned lettering' showing large white patches around the letters of the inscriptions..."]
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1978
Symbol: F/V
Cat No: unlisted (F&V
ONE ANNA: 1a pale emerald Error of Colour Setting 27 SG unlisted (F&V 18b) marginal block of 6 [6-8/14-16] from the top of the sheet, [15] Inverted creating a Tete-Beche Pair (F&V 18ba), margins good to large, remarkably fine, crescent-cancels of Birganj largely clear of [15], Cat US$2500+. Superb. Wolfgang Hellrigl Certificate (1985).
In a footnote below SG 29a, Gibbons mention the error of colour of the 1a green as a single cliché SG 41b in a sheet of 4a green, but make no mention of sheets of the 1a in the colour of the 4a. Hellrigl & Vignola state at page 106 state "It should be emphasised that the emerald printings of Setting 27 and the substituted cliché are two totally distinct errors of colour".
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1979
Symbol: O
Cat No: 37-40a
TWO ANNAS: Selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages with a remarkable variety of colours & shades - although nothing we consider to be "red" - SG 37-40a group (F&V 19/a) including Stg 20 printings of 1905-06 in lilac & purple including horizontal & vertical Tete-Beche Pairs & an irregular block of 25 (8x3 + one unit at upper-right), Stgs 22-31 printings in brown-red to maroon including four Tete-Beche Pairs (one [47-48] in a block of 4) & a further five Tete-Beche Pairs in a block of 16 [1-8/9-16], printings in pale brown to sepia including four Tete-Beche Pairs and upper-left corner block of 9 [1-3/9-11/17-19] with a blank position [9] & two vertical Tete-Beche Pairs [10/18] & [11/19], generally very fine to superb, Cat £2300+ (US$1450+). A remarkable lot. [We agree that the major shade groups should be amalgamated in the catalogues. There are at least three distinct colour groups in the 2a, but they are all lumped together by Frajola & Vignola]
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1980
Symbol: G/F
Cat No: 40 (F&V 19
TWO ANNAS: 2a brown SG 40 (F&V 19) Setting 29 complete sheet of 56 (8x7) with two blank positions [1] & [9] and [8 14 15 18 19 & 48] all Inverted resulting in six horizontal or vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 40a (F&V 19a), the sheet margins removed resulting in several units being touched or a little cut-into on one side but most units are very fine, crescent cancels of Birganj, Cat £760++ (US$720++). Another remarkable feature of this item is the shade variation across the sheet, from dark brown at right to pale brown at left.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1981
Symbol: #
Cat No: 40 (F&V 19
TWO ANNAS: 2a chestnut SG 40 (F&V 19) Setting 31 complete sheet of 56 (8x7) with three blank positions [1] [9] & [49] and [5 8 14 15 18 19 & 48] all Inverted resulting in seven horizontal or vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 40a (F&V 19a), full sheet margins, several prominent paper inclusions including at centre-top otherwise very fine to superb, unused, Cat £1250++ (US$1400++). Again, the intensity of the shades varies across the sheet. [Hellrigl & Vignola state at page 148 "[Setting 31 was] prepared for issue but, we believe, never issued..." Wolfgang Hellrigl's similar sheet, in a deeper shade, sold for SFr720]
