Nepal continued...
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Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 1292 |
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 Indian Post Office 1894: 2 pice (½ a.) orange on buff postal stationery card (Wa Type 12), a
used example, two worm holes, to Basel, Switzerland up-rated with 1882 ½ a. blue-green vertical pair tied by "NEPAL" squared circle datestamps (April 25, 1901) and by "Sea Post Office / A" datestamps (May 4) and carried on the "Caledonia" from
Bombay. Basel arrival (May 17) also on obverse of card to a most unusual destination at this date. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF2,600.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1293 |
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 Postal Stationery 1899: 2 pice (½ anna) orange & black on thin buff postal stationery card
(Wa Type 15), a used example cancelled by half negative "Gahawa" (Birganj) cds (19 April, 1899) in black (Hepper page 27, fig. 15). Kathmandu cds below. Crease and slight edge fault at left but very scarce. Cert. Hellrigl AIEP (1985). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1294 |
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 1920/21: ½ a. orange postal stationeryy card with double lined frame (Wa Type 21), a used
example from Kathmandu from the Head Clerk at the Court of Nepal, R. Hodson, cancelled in black, dated on reverse 15th August 1921. H&G unlisted, fine and rare. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF260.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1295 |
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 1930: 2 pice deep blue postal stationery card, a used example cancelled by step pyramid
circular BIRGANJ(A) datestamp with second 'A' error struck in black (Hepper/Hellrigl page 39, fig. 2) with Kathmandu arrival adjacent (Aug 20, 1930). One or two small holes at lower left but scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF220.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1296 |
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 1930/33: 2 pice deep blue postal stationery card (Wa Type 24), a used example cancelled by
late usage (re-introduced 1929-31) of hexagonal barred obliterator of CHISAPANI handstamp (Hepper page 11, fig. 1) in black with Kathmandu arrival adjacent (July 7, 1930). One or two small worm holes but rare. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF260.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1297 |
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 1933/35: 2 paisa blue Lord Shiwa postal stationery card, a used example cancelled by
circular BHIMPEDI step pyramid datestamp (Hepper/Hellrigl page 39, fig. 5) in black (April 20, 1936). with unclear Kathmandu arrival at left. Wormholes at right but very scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF140.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1298 |
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 1930: 2 pice deep blue postal stationery card, a slightly over-inked used example cancelled
by step pyramid circular BIRGANJ II datestamp with second 'A' error struck in black (Hepper/Hellrigl page 39, fig. 3) with Kathmandu arrival adjacent (Nov 14, 1932) in black. Minor bends but scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF220.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1299 |
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 1937: Shiwa oval 2 pice brown on thick native stock (Wa Type 31), a locally used example
cancelled on despatch by 'Nepal' datestamp of Kathmandu (May 17, 1938) in black with Birganj (Exchnage) arrival cds at left (May 18) in black. A very card. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1300 |
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 1937: Shiwa oval 2 pice brown on thick native stock (Wa Type 31), a used example to
Srinigar, Kashmir up-rated with 1941 2 p. brown (2) tied by Kashmir (Exchange) cds with Srinigar arrival cds (Feb 23, 1942) at left. A scarce card. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1301 |
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 Incoming Mail 1854: India ½ a. blue used on 1867 cover from Vranasi to Nepal tied by
"Benares / 60" duplex in black (Sept 12). Calcutta transit in red and reverse with double arc "NEPAUL / P.O." arrival cds unusually struck in red (Sept 17). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF100.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1302 |
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 Incoming Mail 1858: Cover from Malta to Lieutenant Col. William Ramsay, British Resident in
Nepal (1852-1867), countersigned at left "Dalhousie" and endorsed "via Calcutta", franked by Great Britain 1855/57 4 d. pale rose-carmine tied by bold strike of the "M" obliterator in black. Reverse with Malta despatch cds in red (May 7, 1858) and
carried by steamer to Alexandria and thence overland to Suez and by ship to Bombay (May 26) in red and blurred probably Benares datestamp in blue (June 2). As with incoming letters from India of the period there is no Nepal backstamp. Docketing by
William Ramsay on the reverse "Respecting the employment of the Goorkha's in the plains of India" (due to the Indian Mutiny of the prvious year). The envelope with back flap missing, adhesive with slight crease and envelope with closed tears not
greatly detracting from the appearance of a quite extraordinary cover: the earliest stamped cover from Europe - the next known being some thirty years later. Unique.rnrnNote: The contents of this letter are housed in the National Records of Scotland.
Their website states "Letter from the Marquis of Dalhousie at Malta to Lt. Col. George Ramsay in Nepal. Is worried about the potential consequences of using Nepalese and Sikh troops to help suppress the Mutiny. Their aid was needed and properly
accepted by the Government but the Jung (Bahadur, ruler of Nepal) and the Sikhs are not doing all this for nothing. "And the troops who have seen us in need of their help and calling for it are not unlikely to conclude that they may be as formidable
to us tomorrow as they are to our enemies today, and may act on this conclusion. People at home think only of the fact that they are on the British side". The Gurkhas have, of course, fought in the British Army ever since. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1303 |
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 1865: India 1 a. chocolate-brown, a horizontal strip of three, all used on1885 "The Pioneer"
twenty page Newspaper printed in Allahabad, tied by "D" in bars obliterators with "NEPAL" despatch cds at right. Mailed from Dr. Gimlette, the Surgeon at the Residency in Kathmandu to Southsea, Hampshire; the additional 1½ anna franking showing the
Newspaper to be over 4 ounces, with Bombay transit cds (Sept 14). Some minor aging and sensibly folded for Exhibit display with the remaining pages of this fascinating Newspaper included with the lot. Rare. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF700.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1304 |
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 Incoming Mail 1902/10: Great Britain 1 d. red used on postcard (HMS Hyacinth) from London to
Nepal with message in English from General Kaiser Shamser who had accompanied the Maharajah Chandra Shamser on his visit to England (only the second Nepalese to visit Britain), the message reading "Col. Shamser thanks you for his letters. H.H. (His
Highness) has received the high title of D.C.L. (Doctor of Civil Law) from Oxford University...". NEPAL arrival cds (July 18) alongside. A most unusual card. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF120.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1305 |
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 Incoming Mail 1905: India Chinese Expeditionary Force CEF 1 a. carmine, ten examples with
two sadly defective, used on 1908 cover from Peking addressed to "His Highness The Maharaja of Nepaul, via Calcutta", all tied by "F.P.O. No. 1" datestamps of the Peking Legation (May 8, 1908) in black with "Base Office / B" cds (May 10) below and
"NEPAL" arrival (June 10). Obverse with framed "F.P.O. No.1" handstamp in black. Despite imperfections a remarkable cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF1,200.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1306 |
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 1907: 4 p. green, a single example, tied to reverse of 1909 cover from Kadarban to General
Bhim Shamshere Jung Bahadur Rana at the Palace in Kathmandu by half negative square (mechanically dated) handstamp (Oct 8) in black (Hepper page 34, fig. 2) with repeated strike adjacent and Kathmandu arrival alongside (Oct 17). The Kadarban despatch
marking is rare - only recorded between 1909 and 1910. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF100.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1314 |
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 1949/83: Unused collection on leaves with 1949 litho pictorial definitive set of nine, 1954
New Currency set of twelve to 2 r. brown-orange, 1954 Map set of twelve, 1956 Coronation set of five (2 sets) plus the scarce 1 r. venetian red used (Gi = £ 500+), 1957 definitive set of twelve, 1959 'Pheasant' set of fourteen values in blocks
of four (Gi = £ 720), thereafter seemingly complete with a few imperf. varieties to 1983. A useful lot with most unmounted og. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1315 |
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 Bow & Two Kukri's Issue 1899/1907: ½ a. black, early impression, imperforate, the album page
with two used examples cancelled in manuscript, together with a fine 1901/02 (circa) cover from the Sawari Camp (the Maharaja's Hunting Camp) to the Landowner's and Land Tax Office, with ½ a. black, a large margined example cancelled by pen cross in
black ink. An extremely rare stamp on letter. Cert. Hellrigl AIEP (1995). (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF750.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1316 |
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 Mount Everest Expedition 1924/2002: Covers/cards (25), with 1924 illustrated 'Noel' card
with blue label franked by 3 p. grey (2) and 1 a. brown cancelled at Darjeeling, six covers in variable condition with "DAILY MAIL / Himalayan Expedition 1954" cachets in red, 1958 (3) & 1960 cards (3) for Swiss Expedition (signed), 1963 Austrian
Expedition card (signed), 1970 Annapurna Expedition card (signed), 1972 Lhotse German expedition cover, 1972 'Tiroler-Himalaya-Expedition' card (signed), 1976 Mt. Tukuche illustrated cover (signed), 1978 cover for 25th Anniversary of the first ascent
used from Namche Bazar with embedded silver coin cancelled Namche Bazar and signed by Sherpa Tensing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF220.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1317 |
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 1930/1990c.: The cover collection of covers (210+) with range from Sri Pashupati issues
onwards, incl. 1949 1 r. orange on cover, 1959 Map set on FDC, 1956 1 r. Venetian red on FDC, 1959/60 'Pheasant' issue with range of interesting frankings and top value 5 rupee on FDC, and later issues etc. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)
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SOLD for CHF240.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
| 1318 |
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 Postal Stationery 1887/1986c.: ½ a. orange cards unused (4) and used (2) both cancelled in
Kathmandu, 2 p. brown card unused (4) and used with one up-rated, 4 p. green envelopes unused (3), and used with one up-rated with 1941 4 p., scarce 8 p. carmine envelope unused (4) and used from Kathmandu to India with "Raxaul" arrival cds on
reverse (Sept 7, 1938) and a further four used; scarce 24 p. orange registered envelope (3½ mm. gap between words at top) used from Syuraj (May 26, 1952) and another not quite as fine; scarce 1959 6 p. red envelope used (2) - just 300 printed and
many less now exist (Wateren only had two examples, neither as fine as these), Airletters with the first two 8 p. blue envelopes (with and without swastikas) - both up-rated usages, later issues unused and used with more modern 15 p. airletter with
misprinted stamp etc. A generally fine lot (87). (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF500.00
Closing..Jun-06, 11:59 PM |
