1866 6a purple, provisional on Foreign Bill optd type 15, fine unused with slight central horizontal bend, still a very collectable example without any of the surface tarnishing which is usually found on this delicate stamp. SG 66, £2750 [ N.B. Affixed to the stamp is a homemade linen 'hinge' which has been annotated by the original purchaser that the stamp 'Tall Letters' was purchased from Stanley Gibbons on 1/3/1895 for 18/-]: Estimate £400-£500 (Image)

1905 (21 July) artist's essay for the revised KEVII 1a 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' design (eventually issued on 7 Jan 1907), being a stamp-size die proof of the original 1902(-11) design (inscribed 'POSTAGE') in black on glazed card with the lower ('INDIA POSTAGE') tablet painted over in black and 'INDIA POSTAGE & REVENUE' hand-painted in Chinese white, sunk-mounted in card (81x88mm), with manuscript date and initials at upper right, and endorsed 'Approved/(initials)/15.3.06' at lower left. A unique and highly important essay. Ex De La Rue archives. Superb. SG 150 var: Estimate £800-£1200 (Image)

1937 3p to 12a unmounted o.g. blocks of four, fresh with white gum, the odd wrinkle and one 2a6p with a foxed spot, otherwise fine. SG 247-58, £510: Estimate £140-£160 (Image)

1948 First Anniversary of Independence (Gandhi) set of 4 on individual, hand-addressed first day covers, each tied by d/r 'NEW DELHI/15 AUGUST 1948' oval date stamp. Fine and attractive SG 305/308: Estimate £300-£400 (Image)

COURT FEE: 1872 4r to 1000r twelve stamp-sized plate proofs of the complete design in black on marginal unwatermarked paper overprinted 'CANCELLED' from the De La Rue Archive colour standard sheets. Fine and scarce. (12): Estimate £400-£500 (Image)

1854-1940s mint and used old time collection arranged on assorted pages and loose, including: 1854 Lithographs of ½a, 1a & 4a, (various dies), 2a green, East India and Empire issues many Used Abroad with Aden, Burma and Zanzibar cancels, Officials with large blocks of 1906 ½a and 1a (SG O66-67), sampling of Convention States, Feudatory States with Bhopal, Cochin, Jammu and Kashmir, Sirmoor with 1892-97 3p orange with opt inverted, (SG 60b),1896 1a grey-blue (SG 101), mixed condition with fine (hundreds): Estimate £500-£600 (Image)

1900-1947 Viceroys of India collection of postal history and related ephemera neatly arranged on exhibition pages, we note: assorted official covers, many with Viceroy Camp postmarks, picture postcards, photographs, signature of former Viceroy Lord Curzon of Kedleston on fragment letter, 1907 Minto Fete postmarks on either postcard or piece, assorted correspondence and loose, generally fair to fine condition an interesting lot for further expansion.: Estimate £100-£120 (Image)

INDIA AND INDIAN STATES, REVENUES: 1860s to 1960s mint and used vast collectors clear-out lot of revenues, written up on pages, in assorted volumes and loose including: stamped papers, assorted issues, proof material, with some duplication throughout, mixed condition, still a very interesting lot with material such as this seldom offered in this quantity. (hundreds): Estimate £400-£500 (Image)

POSTAL HISTORY: India and Indian States, QV to KGVI large accumulation of assorted covers, postal stationary and post cards, with good representation from various Convention and Feudatory states including: Jammu and Kashmir combination usages with British India, mixed condition, an interesting lot with postmark interest (hundreds): Estimate £300-£400 (Image)

Indian States: 1870s to 1940s old time collection arranged in Frank Godden album, with examples from all the Feudatory States, including: Alwar, Bamra, Bundi with Sacred Cows, Duttia, Jaipur, Jammu & Kashmir we note 1874 1a bright blue (SG 18), Poonch, Nawanagar with 2doc yellow error of colour (SG 8b), very mixed condition, with noted forgeries and reprints, otherwise a very interesting lot with much potential.: Estimate £1000-£1200 (Image)

INDAIN STATES: mint and used collection neatly arranged in an album, including: Bijawar, Jasdan, Morvi with 1931- 33 assorted values to 2a bright violet, 3p Dull-blue error of colour complete sheet of 8 (SG 4a), Nandgaon, Sirmoor (with typo forgeries in large blocks), Travancore and Travancore-Cochin, generally fair to fine condition, a lot with much retail and study potential.: Estimate £600-£700 (Image)

INDIAN STATES: QV to KGVI mint and used collection neatly arranged on exhibition pages with strength in Jammu and Kashmir, Soruth, Travancore and Cochin and sampling of Convention States, mixed condition, with fine an interesting lot. (hundreds): Estimate £300-£400 (Image)