I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1866 ½a grey-black circular, watercolour on native paper, cut square, fine unused. Much above average. SG 1, £700; Scott 1 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1866 ½a grey-black circular, watercolour on native paper, horizontal pair with large margins on piece, magenta seal cancels of Jammu. Slight gum stains, still very fine. Multiples of SG 1 are rare. Pencil note on reverse indicates ex Masson. SG 1; Scott 1 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1867 (AP 22) small native cover from Jammu to Amritsar, franked on reverse by 1866 ½a grey-black circular, cut square with magenta seal cancel, and tied by very fine British Indian "UMRITSUR" arrival CDS (AP 24 67), with SEALKOTE transit CDS x2 (very fine in black dated AP 22, and part in red dated AP 23) and framed "TOO LATE" alongside. Apparently no external postage charged. Unobtrusive cover tear through black Sealkote cds, still fine appearance and much above average. Very scarce thus. SG 1; Scott 1 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1898 reprinted impression from the defaced circular ½a die (Type 1). One of ten made. (SG 1; Scott 1) (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1866 1a royal blue circular, watercolour on native paper, cut square but close on three sides, used with magenta seal cancel of Jammu. Slight faults (crease at foot and minor thin), still an exceptional example of this rare and distinctive early colour, usually found with the red seal of Srinagar. SG 3, £1000; Scott 2b Note that the superficially similar 1876 1a bright blue (SG 18) is only found used with the later black seal of Jammu XXX (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1866 1a ultramarine circular, watercolour on native paper, cut square with large margins, superb unused. Very rare in this condition. SG 3a, £1500; Scott 2a (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1866-67 1a ultramarine circular, in watercolour on greyish native paper, cut square with good to large margins, unused. Fine and rare. BPA Certificate (2009). SG 3a, £1500; Scott 2a (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1866 1a grey-black handstamped in watercolour on native paper, cancelled by brick-red Srinagar seal, cut to shape as are all known examples. Cut into at top. SG 4, £2750; Scott 3 (cut to shape) (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1872 4a orange-red, unused without gum as issued, three margins and only just touched at left. SG 9, £550; Scott 31 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1876 4a carmine-red circular watercolour, cut square but close, unused with some oxidisation of the colour. A rare stamp. SG 11, £2500; Scott 11 var (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1874-76 4a deep black circular in watercolour on native paper, Special Printing. A fine unused cut-square example, along with a fine 1877-78 ½a black circular but in oil colour on native paper. An ideal reference, the 4a very scarce. Estudio 20 S.A. Certificate (1998). SG 16, 29; Scott 34, 40 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1876 4a bright blue Special Printing in watercolour on native paper, cut square, fine unused as issued. BPA Certificate (1993). SG 19, £500; Scott 35 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1874 1a emerald-green Special Printing unused without gum as issued, two clear margins. Small surface inclusion and slightly soiled. SG 21, £350; Scott 32 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1878 ½a India postal stationery envelope with Sialkot duplex of APR 5, with (on reverse) ½a red in oil colour on native paper, tied by indistinct cancel and Amritsar arrival of APR 12. SG 26; Scott 39 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1878 (MAR 6) combination usage of India ½a blue postal stationery envelope from Jammu to Amritsar, additionally franked by 1877-78 ½a red circular, oil colour on native paper, tied by black seal cancel. Indicium with "SIALKOT / L-3" duplex, delivery cds (MAR 7) on reverse. Manuscript annotations on face (including year "1877", which is unlikely to be correct), otherwise fine and scarce. SG 26; Scott 39 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1867 Jammu 1a deep violet-blue in watercolour on native paper, position 3 from the composite plate, used with part strike of (British Indian) "POST OFFICE CASHMERE" circular postmark. Thinned at right, still a very good example, and rare with this cancel. BPA Certificate (2004). SG 59, £800; Scott 7b (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1874-76 Jammu rectangular ½a jet-black, position.1 from the plate, watercolour on native paper, good used (slightly washed) with indistinct black seal cancel. Very scarce. SG 69a, £400; Scott 17 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1874 ½a jet-black special printing in watercolour on native paper, unused. A little colour run at base. APS Certificate (1994). SG 69a, £375; Scott 6 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1867-77 Kashmir old rectangular ½a ultramarine, complete sheet of twenty (5 x 4), in watercolour on native paper, unused. Some creases (mainly between impressions), scissor cut between R2-3/1-2, and odd light stains, otherwise fine with bright colour. Very scarce as a sheet. SG 9; Scott 65 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1878-79 2a violet on horizontally-laid paper, very deep shade, block of fifteen (3 x 5, the three left columns of the 4 x 5 plate), unused. Lower left stamp with small corner fault, and one stamp with minor toned spot, otherwise very fine and fresh. Shows part sheet watermark on rows 2 and 3. Rare multiple. SG 108; Scott 83 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1878-79 ½a red on medium wove paper, rough perf 10 to 12 (with complete separations on three sides, slightly trimmed at left), used with seal cancel. Fine for this rarity. ISES Certificate (2015). SG 117, £750; Scott 91 var (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1880 (?, MAR 21) cover from Jammu to Amritsar, franked on reverse by 1878-79 ¼a red on MEDIUM WOVE paper vertical pair (paying internal postage only), tied by native duplex (S&M types 25+26, attributed to Kashmir) and Sialkot British Indian transit cds, with framed "POSTAGE DUE/1 ANNA" and Amritsar delivery cds (MAR 22) alongside. Minor cover faults but a very rare franking. SG 117b has never been priced in Part I, and Sefi and Mortimer (p.159) had only seen two single examples (one unused, one used). SG 117b; Scott 91 var (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1879 ¼a red on thin wove paper complete sheet of fifteen (3 x 5), State I of the plate, unused. Unobtrusive horizontal creases affecting rows 2 and 3, still fine appearance and scarce as a sheet. Ex Haverbeck. SG 125; Scott 91 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1879 ½a red on thin wove paper, complete imperforate sheet of fifteen (3 x 5), State II of the plate, unused. Small marginal tears. Together with 1879 1a red on thin wove paper, complete imperforate sheet of twenty (4 x 5), State II of the plate, fine unused. With "1881" papermaker's oval embossed seal at upper right. SG 126-7; Scott 91-2 (Image)

I.F.S. JAMMU&KASHMIR: 1878-79 2a red on thick wove complete sheet of twenty (4 x 5), but cut close without margins, fresh unused. Some creases between impressions, black inkmark on reverse of two and a minor thin spot, still attractive and rare. SG 123, £900; Scott 94 (Image)