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

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) 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

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]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

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. 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

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"

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

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]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

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]

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

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.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

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. 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

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

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]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

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) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

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).

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

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.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300