Collector's huge untidy hoard of mint and used material, FDCs & other covers, revenues, forgeries, officials, postmarks, lots of higher values, 1948 Gandhi set used, Convention and Feudatory States and some Pakistan. A 'lucky dip' with huge potential. Six cartons of it. Weighs 60kg.  (10,000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1854 Imperf 1a red block of 4 all units with part of the sheet watermark, margins just clear - at top-left - to large, a bit aged but very attractive, diamond-of-dots cancels, Cat £440+ minimum, for singles.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

POSTAL HISTORY: 1879 Second Afghan War usage of East India ½a Envelope to "Colonel Stirling/Royal Horse Artillery/F[rontier] Exped Force/Koorum Column" with largely very fine 'MURREE/DEC 2 - 3 ' duplex & very fine '2 DELY/KOHAT/DEC 3' arrival b/s, small repaired fault at the top. [Both towns are in the Punjab. The objective of the Koorum Column was to cross the Khyber Pass and threaten Kabul]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

FEUDATORY STATES: 1870s-1930s collection on leaves from Alwar to Wadhwan including Bamra 'BAMRA' handstamp in violet on India QV ½a green of uncertain status, Bhopal imperfs range plus 'SERVICE' overprints, Bijawar 1935 Maharaja Perf 11 set *, Bundi 1898 Dagger set *, Bussahir 1900 Imperf 2a orange & 4a claret unused, Charkhari 1902 set unused, Cochin range with Surcharges & Official overprints, Dhar 1897 Imperf 2a black/yellow horizontal pair unused, Duttia 1897 Imperf 1a & 4a unused plus 2a used (just touched at base), Hyderabad 1870 2a * & used (in very different shades), Jaipur 1931 Investiture 8a 1r 2r & 5r fiscally used (minor faults), Jammu & Kashmir 1870s Circular Stamps ½a red unused (cut-square; margins close to touching) plus a selection of later imperfs, Sirmoor 1894 Elephant set * (the 3a used), Soruth 1868 Imperf 1a black/blue & 1a red/white unused (both with margins good to large), also a few Nepal including a Post Office wax seal, condition variable as noted but many are fine to very fine, the mint with some hinge remainders, Cat £4000+. Close inspection will no doubt reward.  (500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

FEUDATORY STATES: Stock-pages of mostly Court Fee stamps from a myriad Statelings including such gems as Akalkot, Balasinor, Dhenkanal, Jhabua, Phaltan, Sangli, Sudasna, Samthar, Thakor and the priceless Miraj Junior, variable condition but generally above-average for this class of material, priced to sell at $5700+.  (250 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Plaque featuring Natraja (the Lord of the Dance) surrounded by peacocks, engraved on reverse 'A.Connolly, Compliments from Madras Cricket Association, 25.12.1969'; also attractive tin 'Parry's Sweets, Test Assortment, Australia - India, 1964 Tests' decorated with kangaroos & peacocks; plus signed action photograph of Alan Connolly. Ex Alan Connolly collection.  (3 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Mostly mint selection comprising Bahrain 1933 KGV set, Burma 1937 KGV set to 2r and Kuwait KGV 1923 Government Overprints set (10r with tonespot on gum) plus ½a Overprint Inverted and 1929 Multiple Stars Wmk Inverted 12a used, plus a few unoverprinted KGVI issues, some with hinge remainders otherwise mostly fine to very fine, Cat £1100+.  (70+)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

ADEN: 1869-72 Northern Circle group with 'ADEN/STEAMER POINT' cds on 1a brown, very fine strike of '124'-in-17-Diagonal-Bars (numeral-half only), 'ADEN - 124' part-strikes x3, ' A /124' x5 including one in blue, '125' x3 including two in blue, stamps & strikes mostly fine to very fine.   (13) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

ADEN: 1869-72 Northern Circle tiny native envelope with ½a blue tied by largely very fine strike of '125'-in-Diagonal- Bars, characteristic rough opening at left, Proud 5000 points on cover.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

ADEN: 1880s cover from India "p Teheran" with 1a brown strip of 3 tied by very fine strikes of the 'BOMBAY W/ DEC:5 - W/7' duplex of JUN:14 (no year), 26mm 'SEA/POST OFFICE/ D ' transit of the same date & 24mm 'ADEN/JUN:22' arrival b/s, faint discolouration & flap removed still unusually fine for this correspondence.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

ADEN: 1884-1901 QV Issues with various 'ADEN', ADEN CANTONMENT' or 'ADEN CAMP' squared-circles & cds on a wide variety of adhesives including 3p grey x2 (Gibbons states "Not on sale in Aden" & Robson Lowe in 1950 "Only one example is recorded"), 2a6p block of 6, 4a strip of 4, 12a x4, 1r grey x4, 1r green & carmine, Large Format 2r 3r (Parcels cds) & 5r x2 and a few Officials, 1893 1a on ½a Postal Card to Germany and 1901 cover to Austria (with lengthy letter in a Slavic language), generally fine to very fine.  (95 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

ADEN: Sheikh Othman quartet 1915 cover to Sussex with 'I.E.F.' Overprint on 2a6p tied by Indian-pattern 'FPO/No 324/5DE15' cds & IEF Censor 7 cachet in red, very fine; 1915 & 1916 stampless Field Service covers to Bombay with fine or poor No 324 backstamps, some aging, censored by different officers; and 1925 cover to Aden with India ½a pair tied by light but obvious 'SHEIKH OTHMAN' cds, opened a bit roughly. [Sheikh Othman was the main water supply for Aden. The Turks captured it on 7.7.1915. It was re-taken by the British two weeks later & Army HQ established there]  (4)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250