Great Britain and British Commonwealth I.F.S. POONCH
Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2494
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Cat No: 1
I.F.S. POONCH: 1884 India ½a postal stationery envelope via Kahuta to Rawalpindi, with added 1876 6p red on yellowish white wove paper, tied by indistinct CDS and manuscript. Kahuta CDS of 28th Oct, and on reverse Rawalpindi arrival of next day. Adhesive with an unobtrusive horizontal crease, still a very nice late usage. SG 1; Scott 1 (Image)
Opening GBP 290.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2495
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Cat No: 1
I.F.S. POONCH: 1876 India ½a postal stationery envelope to Sialkot via Kahuta, bearing on reverse 6p red (small example), several markings on reverse including Jammu and Kashmir. Cover faults but very interesting. SG 1; Scott 1 (Image)
Opening GBP 270.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2496
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Cat No: 1
I.F.S. POONCH: 1876 India ½a postal stationery envelope with added 1876 6p red (a small example), tied by indistinct duplex and manuscript. Unusual brown seal alongside. On reverse, Kahuta transit and Rawalpindi arrival, neither with a year slug. Slightly reduced at right. SG 1; Scott 1 (Image)
Opening GBP 160.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2497
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Cat No: 1
I.F.S. POONCH: 1876 6p red on yellowish wove paper, used with large margins but also small faults. SG 1, £300; Scott 1 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2498
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Cat No: 1
I.F.S. POONCH: 1876 6p red on yellowish white wove paper, used with manuscript cross and part Rawalpindi CDS. Nice margins, but with faults. SG 1, £300; Scott 1 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2500
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Cat No: 3
I.F.S. POONCH: 1884 India ½a postal stationery envelope (opened three sides for display) to Jammu with Kahuta CDS of 13 DEC. On reverse, Poonch 1883 ½a red tied by bold cancel, Sialkot transit of DE 15, Jammu CDS in Dogri and Postage Due marking in Dogri. Small repairs on reverse at top, a nice cover, ex Staal (Lot 1080). SG 3; Scott 2 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2502
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Cat No: 5
I.F.S. POONCH: 1883 2a red on yellowish white wove paper, left marginal, unused with gum. Some marks on face, and the gum cracked, but very unusual with gum. SG 5, £750; Scott 5 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2503
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Cat No: 5
I.F.S. POONCH: 1883 2a red on yellowish toned paper, used with concentric box cancel, margins close to good. Faint bend; scarce. SG 5, £425; Scott 5 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2504
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Cat No: 7, 12-15
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885 ½a red, a huge example with a slight crease; 1883 ½a red to 4a red on white batonné paper, good appearance but the 4a with a slight crease, all unused without gum, as issued. SG 7, 12-15; Scott 3-6 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2505
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Cat No: 7, 27
I.F.S. POONCH: 1892/3 two postal stationery items, one an 1893 India ½a envelope (damaged at right) to Rawalpindi with ½a red (SG 7 or 12), ex Staal; the other a ¼a card to Gujarkhan with added 1p red (SG 27?), each with concentric boxes and manuscript cancels (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2506
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Cat No: 12
I.F.S. POONCH: 1891-3 three combination covers, two being on Indian postal stationery and one with ½a stamp. Two to Rawalpindi and one to Amritsar. Faults. Each with ½a red, SG 7 or 12, the 1893 cover being ex C.G. Jain and Staal (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2507
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Cat No: 12
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-94 ½a red on white laid batonné paper block of thirty-two (4 x 8) with pencil spacing lines, fresh unused without gum, as issued. Some horizontal creases (mainly between impressions) but very fine appearance. Scarce large multiple. SG 12; Scott 3 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2508
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Cat No: 12
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-94 ½a red on white laid batonné paper block of thirty (5 x 6) from the top of a sheet with pencil spacing lines, fine unused, without gum as issued. Scarce large multiple. SG 12; Scott 3 (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2509
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Cat No: 23
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-8-7 ½a red on thick white laid paper, fine unused, without gum as issued. Ex Staal. SG 23, £225; Scott 3 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2510
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Cat No: 24
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-8-7 1a red on thick white laid paper, showing part watermark. Fine unused, without gum as issued. SG 24, £225; Scott 4 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2511
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Cat No: 24
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-8-7 1a red on thick white laid paper unused, without gum as issued, small faults. Ex Staal. SG 24, £225; Scott 4 var (Image)
Opening GBP 90.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2512
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Cat No: 25
I.F.S. POONCH: 1883-94 2a red on thick white laid paper unused, without gum as issued. Ex Staal. SG 25, £225; Scott 5 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2513
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Cat No: 26
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-8-7 4a red on thick white laid paper, fine unused, without gum as issued. Scarce, ex Staal. SG 26, £275; Scott 6 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2515
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Cat No: 27, 53
I.F.S. POONCH: 1894 ¼a India postal stationery cards (3) each used from Kahuta to Rawalpindi, each with added 1p red (two on yellow and one on blue paper), faults. Each with Kahuta squared circle, concentric box cancel and Rawalpindi arrival. SG 27, 53; Scott 7 var, 12 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2516
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Cat No: 28
I.F.S. POONCH: 1888 India ½a postal stationery envelope to Rawalpindi with (on the reverse) ½a red on yellow wove bâtonné paper, tied by indistinct CDS and concentric box cancel. Small boxed TOO LATE alongside. SG 28; Scott 8 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2517
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Cat No: 32a, b
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-94 1p red on orange-buff wove batonné paper unused block of four, without gum as issued. The lower pair has one impression sideways and the other inverted, an unusual multiple. SG 32a, b; Scott 14 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2518
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Cat No: 36
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-94 1p red on yellow vertically-laid paper block of thirty (6 x 5) from the foot of a sheet, with pencil spacing lines, unused without gum, as issued. Some creases (affecting third and sixth columns), still a fine piece. SG 36; Scott 7 (Image)
Opening GBP 70.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2519
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Cat No: 40
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-94 4a red on yellow vertically-laid paper block of sixteen (4 x 4) with pencil spacing lines, unused, without gum, as issued. Some faults (stains and creases) but very good appearance. A spectacular and rare multiple. SG 40, £2720; Scott 11 var (Image)
Opening GBP 750.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2523
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Cat No: 48
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-94 ½a red on yellow-green vertically-laid paper, used on piece with boxed cancel and tied by pen cross. Ex Staal, with ISES cert (2010). A convincing example of this rare stamp. Unpriced in Part I 2020. SG 48; Scott 18 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2524
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Cat No: 50
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-94 1a red on blue-green wove batonné paper block of twenty-five (5 x 5) with pencil spacing lines, fresh unused, without gum as issued. Light crease through second row, still a very fine and scarce multiple. SG 50, £250; Scott 19 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2525
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Cat No: 51
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-94 1a red on lavender wove batonné paper, fresh unused, without gum as issued. Minor creasing, still fine and scarce. Ex Staal, with clear RPS Certificate (1997). SG 51; Scott 23 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2526
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Cat No: 52
I.F.S. POONCH: 1885-94 2a red on lavender wove batonné paper block of ten (2 x 5) from foot of sheet, very fine unused. Very close spacing (no margins between stamps), almost certainly the result of being printed on paper previously ruled for the smaller 1a value, and most unusual thus. A very scarce and interesting multiple. SG 52; Scott 24 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2527
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Cat No: 53, b
I.F.S. POONCH: 1887 1p red on blue wove bâtonné paper block of twenty-four (6 x 4), the lower block of twelve being six tête-bêche pairs. Unused, without gum as issued, save for the left-hand vertical strip of four, which have concentric box cancellations. The tête-bêche pairs unpriced used. SG 53, b; Scott 12 var (Image)
Opening GBP 500.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2528
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Cat No: 55
I.F.S. POONCH: 1894 ¼a Indian postal stationery card additionally franked with 1p red on grey-blue laid paper, tied by small square Poonch cancel, sent via Kahuta with squared circle obliteration also tieing the adhesive. Gujrat thimble arrival of DE 21 alongside. Card and adhesive with minor blemishes including slight creasing, and the card with a surface thin by the stamp. SG 55; Scott 12 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2529
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Cat No: 55, a
I.F.S. POONCH: 1894 1p red on grey-blue laid paper horizontal strip of three, unused without gum as issued, the right-hand pair tête-bêche; rare. SG 55, a, £630; Scott 12 var (Image)
Opening GBP 290.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2530
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Cat No: 57 var.
I.F.S. POONCH: 1887-94 1p aniline rose on blue wove bâtonné paper horizontal pair, the right stamp printed sideways. Used, apparently with Jammu & Kashmir cancels, unlisted. SG 57a var.; Scott 12 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2531
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Cat No: 58, b
I.F.S. POONCH: 1887-94 1p aniline rose on buff vertically-laid paper, lower marginal block of twelve (4 x 3) with pencil spacing lines, four impressions at left printed sideways and so yielding three examples of "Pair, one stamp sideways", very fine unused. A rare and attractive block, ex Benns. SG 58, b; Scott 7 var (Image)
Opening GBP 400.00
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Lot No: 2532
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Cat No: 59 var.
I.F.S. POONCH: 1887-94 ½a aniline rose on orange-buff paper, which is wove, not laid. Unused, slightly toned, traces of foxing; unusual. SG 59 var.; Scott 2 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2533
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Cat No: 60
I.F.S. POONCH: 1887-94 1a aniline rose on green horizontally-laid paper, unused large part sheet of seventy-six comprising 5 x 8 left pane and similar right pane (lacking R1/2-5), separated by folded vertical gutter. Light discoloration (peripheral toning) from climate, with a few small edge faults, nevertheless a spectacular and rare multiple in overall fine condition. BPA Certificate (2018). SG 60, £2888; Scott 19 (Image)
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Lot No: 2536
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Cat No: 60
I.F.S. POONCH: 1887-94 1a aniline rose on green laid paper unused block of ten, without gum as issued. Some wrinkling and one stamp with a thin spot. SG 60; Scott 19 var (Image)
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Lot No: 2537
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Cat No: 63
I.F.S. POONCH: 1887-94 4a aniline rose on yellow laid paper, unused block of four without gum, as issued. Cut into in places; ex Staal. SG 63; Scott 11 var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2538
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Cat No: O1, 2
I.F.S. POONCH: Official. 1892 combination cover with India ½a on the front, with Kahuta squared circle cancel of 16 SE, apparently from the postmaster. On the reverse 1p and ½a Officials on white laid bâtonné paper, each with the four corners clipped just into the design in places, with concentric box cancels, one tied by Allahabad CDS of 19 SEP. Light ageing, a rare cover with SG O1. SG O1, 2; Scott O1, 2 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2539
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Cat No: O1, a, 6, a
I.F.S. POONCH: Official. 1887 1p black block of eight on white laid batonné paper, used, with two examples of pairs with one stamp sideways; 1p black on toned wove battonné paper block of four, used, a pair with one stamp sideways and the other pair tête-bêche, two stamps faulty. SG 01, a, O6, a; Scott O1, var, O6, var (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2540
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Cat No: O2
I.F.S. POONCH: Official. 1890 envelope to Rawalpindi via Kahuta, bearing 1887 ½a black on reverse with concentric box cancel (slight creasing and discolouration). Imperial postage not paid, so with boxed India Postage Due marking on front. Kahuta transit of 14 SEP and Rawalpindi arrival of 16 SEP on reverse, envelope reduced at right. SG O2; Scott O2 (Image)
Opening GBP 160.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2541
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Cat No: O3
I.F.S. POONCH: Official. 1893 cover to Rawalpindi via Kahuta, India 1a on face with Kahuta squared circle of 4 AUG and manuscript strokes. On reverse, 1a black tied by concentric box cancel and Rawalpindi arrival of 5 AUG; envelope reduced at right. SG O3; Scott O3 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2542
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Cat No: O3
I.F.S. POONCH: Official. 1891 cover to Rawalpindi with India 1a, tied by smudged cancel and penstrokes. On the reverse Official 1a black tied by concentric box cancel, Rawalpindi arrival of DE 29 alongside, affixed over the envelope flap so with natural creasing. The envelope with minor faults; a rare Official cover, ex Staal. SG O3; Scott O3 (Image)
Opening GBP 250.00
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2543
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Cat No: O3
I.F.S. POONCH: Official. 1887 1a black 'block' of three with concentric box cancels, on registered piece with India 1a and 2a with Kahuta squared circle cancels. The piece with a little ageing, but a rare usage, ex Staal. SG O3; Scott O3 (Image)
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Sale No: 5918
Lot No: 2545
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Cat No: O6, b
I.F.S. POONCH: Official. 1887 1p black on toned wove batonné paper, marginal block of thirty (6 x 5), including five tête-bêche pairs (four horizontal, one vertical), CTO-used with boxed cancels. Some creases, still a fine and very scarce large multiple. Shows pencil spacing lines, and oval papermaker's seal at upper left. [Both normal singles and tête-bêche pairs are unpriced in Part I 2020 in used condition.] SG O6, b (£400 as unused); Scott O6, var (Image)
