India 1855-1947 British India complete used collection including all shades. SG 35/281 £4500++ = $5400++ US$0 (Image)

India 1855 QV ½a blue imperf plate proof pair US$0 (Image)

India QV ½a blue imperf proofs - single and top marginal blk/4 including issued stamp for comparision US$0 (Image)

India 1865 8p mauve part sheet of 64, with sheet margins on 3 sides - hinged at back horizontally & vertically affecting 28 stamps - remaining being NH. SG 57 £1920++ US$0 (Image)

India 1866 6a bill ovpt POSTAGE type 15 in green, mint with guideline on top, variety: solid "P" of "POSTAGE" - extremely scarce. SG 66 £2750 - 2015 APS certificate US$0 (Image)

India 1882-87 QV ½a blue-green lower right corner block of four, variety: double impression with the doubling shifted down into the lower margin, mint with the upper pair lightly mounted and the lower pair remaining unmounted; diagonal gum bend and a vertical crease though of very fine appearance. A very rare multiple of this spectacular variety. SG 85a £6,800+. 2011 BPA certificate US$0 (Image)

India 1902-11 Edward set to 15r mint. SG 119/150 excl 147 £1350 US$0 (Image)

India 1902 Edward VII 25r mint. SG 147 £3000 US$0 (Image)

India 1911-23 GV star wmk complete set to 25r mint. SG 151/191 £1200 US$0 (Image)

India 1911-22 GV 1r complete pane/12 with gutters on top and right and sheet margins on bottom and left - variety: Head shifted up. SG 186var £600 as normal singles. US$0 (Image)

1922 ¼ on ½a bright green block of thirty-two (16x2) from the top of a pane with "pillar" margins at top, surcharges grossly misplaced diagonally with the left-hand block of four comprising two pairs with variety: surcharge omitted in horizontal pair with normal, and with surcharges in right-hand margin, as well as pillar margins, mint; some perfs. severed and rejoined with hinges, the upper pair of the variety block with small defects though a rare and impressive multiple. S.G. 195b, £950++ US$0 (Image)

India 1922 KGV ¼ surcharge on ½a, variety: Slanting serif on "1", upper gutter marginal pair, MLH, fine, extremely scarce and undercataloged. SG195c £80 US$0 (Image)

India 1926-33 GV 1a blk/4 variety: vertical perforation greatly shifted tied by RANGOON G.P.O. on 1931 pictorial Burma-England First Airmail cover issued by the Aero Philatelic Club of Calcutta US$0 (Image)

India 1928 GV 15r mult star wmk inverted bottom marginal blk/9 MNH. SG 218w £432++ US$0 (Image)

India 1929 GV 3a Airmail blk/4 with top right stamp showing variety: "1" for second "I" in "INDIA", inverted wmk. SG 221b £515 US$0 (Image)

India 1929 GV 3a Airmail with variety: "1" for second "I" in "INDIA", used. SG 221b £325 US$0 (Image)

India 1929 GV airmail varieties: 3a blk/4 (severed) with "Q" for "O", 8a pair (pinhole) with "Reversed serif", and another pair with "tree-top missing", all mint with heavily toned gum. SG 221a, 224a, 224b. £2000+ US$0 (Image)

India 1872 QV 8p Small Service block of 28, MNH SG O8 £1680++ slight toning yet a very rare multiple US$0 (Image)

India 1866-72 QV 2a yellow overprinted small "Service", wmk Elephant's head, lower marginal block of twelve, with variety: wide S on fourth stamp in top row, unused without gum. SG O12 £6,375. Provenance: Sir D.P. Masson US$0 (Image)

India 1866 ½a mauve fiscal overprinted "SERVICE POSTAGE" in semi-circle in green x 4 used examples, including one with "144" Tanjore cancel. SG O19 £640 US$0 (Image)

India overprints on QV 4a green die I with Service or On H.M.S. overprints, variously with or without "SPECIMEN" overprints - a scarce group. Cat for normal stamps £179, quite a bit more for the overprints US$0 (Image)

India 1868 QV 8a rose ovpt "Service" blk/48 mint, some faults (on top row) and reinforced perfs, however, a remarkable & rare multiple. SG O30 £384+ as singles. US$0 (Image)

India overprints on QV 2a orange overprinted On H.M.S. blk/4 plus another blk/8 with "SPECIMEN" overprint, both MNH - a scarce group. Cat for normal stamps £1020, quite a bit more for the overprints US$0 (Image)

India 1899 QV 3p aniline carmine ovpt. "On H.M.S.", variety: overprinted shifted in block of 4 - with normal block for comparision. SG O37a var US$0 (Image)

India 1883-99 QV 1a brown-purple ovpt "On H.M.S." upper right corner strip of 6 with narrow interpanneau margin at top, the centre pair containing variety: overprint omitted in horizontal pair with normal, the 4th with overprint albino, fresh unmounted mint; the right-hand stamp creased, otherwise very fine and the most important of all multiples containing this very rare and stunning variety. SG O40c £6,500+. 1998 Holcombe certificate and copy of 2011 BPA certificate for block of 12 from where this strip was severed. Provenance: "Hailsham" September 1983, Spink 2011 US$0 (Image)