INDIA continued... Rocket Mail continued... Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1501 1938 (June 26) Test Rocket flight at Alipore, printed Rocketgram card flown on rocket 165 "Gertrude Collins" with flight vignette tied by the cachet "STEPHEN SMITH / ROCKETGRAM / ROCKET" and KGV 9p cancelled at Park Street Calcutta, also an unused vignette sheet comprising two tete-beche pairs, signed by Stephen Smith. 192 Cards flown, the signed vignette sheet very rare. (2). Photo on Page 182. (Image1) Est. £350-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1502 1938 (July 24) Rocket flights at Alipore, stampless forms all with vignettes tied by "ROCKET TEST AT ALIPORE", red circular "STEPHEN SMITH / ROCKETGRAM / ROCKET" and Park Street Calcutta c.d.s, flown on "Joanna Pratt-Johnson" Monsoon Flood Relief Rocket 171, "Rowland Hill" Test Mail Rocket 172 or "James H.E Cook" Monsoon Flood Relief Rocket 173, all signed by Stephen Smith. Also a complete vignette sheet comprising the three differing vignettes. All fine, between 102 and 202 cards flown, the sheet scarce. (4). Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1503 1938 (Dec 25) "Martha Paganini" Christmas Relief rocket flight 189 at Alipore, Rocketgram form with vignette tied by red boxed "PEACE ON EARTH / GOODWILL TO ALL MEN", violet circular "STEPHEN SMITH / ROCKET", a KGVI 9p cancelled at Park Street Calcutta, also a scarce unused vignette sheet comprising two tete-beche pairs. (2). Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1504 1939 (Sep 19) War Rocket flights at Calcutta, stampless Rocketgram forms with vignettes War Rocket "The Liar" no. 207 or War Rocket "Grog-Nee-Gin" no. 208, circular violet "STEPHEN SMITH / ROCKET" cachets and Calcutta G.P.O c.d.s, initialled by Smith, also an unused se-tenant pair of vignettes. Fine and scarce, 91 forms flown on "The Liar", 81 flown on "Grog-Nee-Gin". (3). Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1505 1940 (June 25) "Fighting Cock" Rocket flight at Tollygunge, stampless form with printed patriotic slogans in support of Britain, General de Gaulle and his Free French forces, Park Street Calcutta c.d.s, signed by Stephen Smith, fine and scarce, 53 items flown. Photo on Page 182. (Image1) Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1506 1944 (Dec 4) "Dimapur" Rocket flight at Calcutta, stampless forms carried on one of the final rocket flight experiments by Stephen Smith, originally scheduled for Dimapur in April/May with two cachets, red "4 DEC 1944" flight date, signed by Stephen Smith. Fine and scarce, 68 items flown. Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1507 1944 (Dec 4) "Kohima" Rocket flight at Calcutta, stampless forms carried on one of the final rocket flight experiments by Stephen Smith, originally scheduled for Kohima in April/May with two cachets, red "4 DEC 1944" flight date, signed by Stephen Smith. Fine and scarce, 78 items flown. Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Indian States Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1508 1898-1937 Covers comprising 1898 registered O.H.M.S cover from the Private Secretary to the Rajah of Chamba bearing Chamba Service 1a strip of three; 1919 cover to Lucknow franked Gwalior ½a, redirected to Ireland; 1916-24 covers from Raichur with India and Hyderabad stamps, one registered with English and Indian language registration labels; and 1937 registered official cover with Hyderabad stamps. (5). Est. £80-100 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Convention States Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1509 Gwalior. 1885-97 2a6p Yellow-green top marginal pair (rejoined) with type 2 Gwalior overprint (Hindi inscription 15mm), left stamp from R1/5 of the May 1896 printing with error "GWALICR", mint. Rare, only 26 examples possible, ex. Hind. S.G. 23/a, £1,200. Photo on Page 186. (Image1) Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1510 Gwalior. 1904-11 KEVII 6a Olive-bistre, first setting overprint with Gwalior 14mm long and 1√¶mm between lines, lower left corner block of four mint, R20/2 with variety tall "R", lightly mounted on upper pair and lower margin, the variety unmounted. Minor marginal creasing, stamps superb, just 54 examples of the variety possible, very rare in a corner block. S.G. 56Ae, £1600+. Photo on Page 188. (Image1) Est. £700-800 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1511 Patiala. 1891-96 1a Plum, lower left corner vertical pair from the Dec. 1898 printing with "PATIALA" omitted on R19/1, fine mint, less than 201 possible, scarce in this positional form. S.G. 16a, £500. Photo on Page 208. (Image1) Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Feudatory States Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1512 Bhopal. 1908 (June 25) Letter on headed notepaper in Indian script, from the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrator to the Postmaster at the British Post Office in Bhopal, sending examples of current Bhopal postage stamps as requested, with eight stamps affixed to three pieces, comprising 1902-03 ¼a and ½a and 1889-99 stamps (6), some splitting to pages, a unique document. Est. £200-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1513 Duttia - Postal Stationery. 1897-1900 ¼a Black postcards (4), ¼a red postcard and reply card, unused, the first with minor faults, otherwise fine and scarce. Deschl C4/7, £360. (6). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1514 Hyderabad - Revenues. 1913 Hyderabad Residency Special Adhesive, imperforate proof pairs of the 2a - 500r set of fourteen, in black on white card. (28). Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1515 Indore. 1904-06 ½a Lake upper left corner mint block of six (2x3) with type S1 Service overprint, variety overprint omitted from upper pair, other stamps with the overprint at top (instead of base), minor gum marks and wrinkles but a unique positional block. Only eight such vertical pairs existed from a single sheet, the result of a downward misplacement of the overprint. S.G. 2e, £1,800++. Photo on Page 208. (Image1) Est. £800-1,000 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1516 Jammu & Kashmir. 1890 (Jan 25) Cover to Saxony franked India 3a, reverse with two pairs of Jammu & Kashmir ¼a brown, all five stamps cancelled by Leh datestamps, Bombay, Sea Post Office and Herrnhut arrival datestamps, superb quality. Photo on Page 190. (Image1) Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1517 Jammu & Kashmir. 1890 (Aug 31) Cover to England with India 4a6p cancelled by "L" obliterator and Jammu & Kashmir imperf marginal 1a green tied by native cancel, backstamped at Sialkot, Bombay and in England with two native datestamps, a fine cover. Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1518 Nandgaon. 1893-94 1a Rose on laid paper, wavy lines between stamps, lower right corner example unused without gum as issued, an exceptional example of this scarce stamp. Ex Veldman. S.G. 6ba, £400+. Photo on Page 188. (Image1) Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1519 Nawanagar. 1877 Perf 11 1doc slate-blue, complete sheet of 32 (4x8) from setting G with inverted cliche at R4/4, unused without gum as issued, signed in the lower and right margins by the Maharajah and Chief Minister in 1948. Light vertical and horizontal folds to eleven stamps, not affecting the tete-beche variety, superb appearance and a great rarity. S.G. 2a/ab, £11,250+. Photo on Page 184. (Image1) Est. £5,000-6,000 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1520 Poonch. 1894 (Aug 1) ¼a Postcard to Rawalpindi cancelled by Kahuta squared circle, bearing Poonch 1p red on yellow wove paper tied by boxed native datestamp. Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1521 Rajpipla - Postal Stationery. 1886 1pa, 2pa, 3pa (2) and 4pa (2) Envelopes unused, the 2pa envelope with printed "REGISTERED" and "FROM NANDONE POST OFFICE / UNKLESHWAR", all fine. Deschl L1/4, £340. (6). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1522 Soruth. 1864 (Nov) 1a Black on azure laid paper, type 1 handstamp in watercolour, used on large part folded native entire, manuscript cancel. The stamp with torn corner and some soiling from the gum, some cover faults, nevertheless a good impression of this stamp and a very scarce use. S.G. 1. Photo on Page 186. (Image1) Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1523 Soruth. 1869 (Aug 5) Part combination cover from Joonaghur to Bombay, a fragment of India 1a at right tied by "304" numeral and Soruth 1869 2a black on yellow at left with manuscript cancel and tied by red Bombay Dy (Aug 10) arrival datestamp, red Joonaghur c.d.s alongside with triangular Joonaghur and Jaitpoor railway sorting datestamps. The Soruth stamp with three large margins, a large piece sadly torn out at left, nevertheless one of the great rarities of Indian States philately, one of just two recorded examples. Discovered in 1891 and since owned by Ferrary, Col. Napier, Dawson and Garratt-Adams, fully documented by Col. Napier (1927 work, p.11), Dawson (Philately in India 1952, Collectors Club Philatelist 1955) and Wood (p. 27/8). One other finer example is recorded, sold in the Dawson sale in 1967 and not seen since. S.G. 9, £21,000 as a stamp. Photo on Page 186. (Image1) Est. £8,000-10,000 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1524 Travancore. 1939 2ch Service overprint block of four, upper left stamp with overprint error "SESVICE", unused without gum as issued, fine and scarce in a block. S.G. O89/a, £197++. Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1525 Travancore-Cochin. 1949-51 ½a on 1a Yellow-green with Service overprint type O1, left marginal vertical pair, the upper stamp with variety surcharge omitted, unused without gum as issued, very fine. S.G. O3eb, £180. Photo on Page 188. (Image1) Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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