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799 |
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Indian Camp Post Offices 1911/1921: King George V's visit to the hunting camp at Khasra,
1911 1 a. postal stationery card to 'His Majesty's Chauffeur' at the Camp, franked by India 1 a., 2 a. and 3 a. all tied by "King Emperor's Camp Post Office" circular monogrammed cancellation in black (Dec 26) with scarce "King Emperor's Camp PO"
arrival cds at top left and reverse multi-franked by six different current Nepal adhesives (three imperf. and three Sri Pashupati values) cancelled by Nepali "Sawari Camp" datestamps. A charming and scarce usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF1,000.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
800 |
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Indian Camp Post Offices 1911/1921: King George V's visit to the hunting camp at Khasra,
1911 cover to London franked by India 1 a. carmine tied by "King Emperor's Camp Post Office" circular monogrammed cancellation in black (Dec 26) with original "King Emperor's Camp" crested enclosure and Queen Victoria 1½ a. blue on buff postal
stationery card cancelled by "H.R.H. The Prince of Wales' Camp P.O." datestamp (Dec 16, 1921) used on the occasion of the future Edward VIII's visit to Bikna Thori. A fine and scarce pairing. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF240.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
801 |
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Indian Post Offices 1862/1957c.: Collection with stampless cover with "NEPAUL P.O."
datestamp used to Benares via Chuprah, 1881 India ½ a. blue stationery envelope cancelled "D" in bars with NEPAL despatch cds on reverse, 1906 India 2 a. registered stationery envelope up-rated with 2 a. violet mailed to Tibet via Siliguri, ¼ a.
stationery cards used from and to Nepal, 1929 combination cover with Tibet ½ tr., 1931 Telegram form and 1935 cover from Raxaul (on Southern border), small group of registered 1930's covers, and a Tibet usage ex Gyantse via Raxaul to Nepal and
further 'cross border' covers, 1935 India Jubilee issue frankings ex Nepal to the Bailey family, 1948 Indian up-rated airletter to Sweden etc. Condition as usual somewhat variable but a splendid and most interesting group (64 items). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20)
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SOLD for CHF750.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
802 |
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Indian Post Office 1873/1905: Covers (4) with 1873 cover from Benares to Nepal with
outstanding strike of "NEPAL" cds of arrival in black (April 12); 1901 underpaid cover franked by India 1882 ½ a. blue-green tied by NEPAL squared circle datestamp (Jan 13) to Calcutta with framed POSTAGE DUE / ONE ANNA above, 1903 incoming cover
with India 1900 ½ a. yellow-green taxed on arrival with half-round NEPAL / DUE (1) AS in black, and a stampless 1905 cover to Bombay with same half-round handstamp also charged 1 anna Postage Due. A fine and scarce group. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)
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SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
803 |
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1879/81: Postal reorganisation covers (2) with 1879 usage from Kathmandu to Dailekh with
manuscript "Mahasul Chukti 1 anna" (postage fee paid) and struck with "Nepal" cds (July 3) and arrival of Dailekh in black - the earliest recorded usage; and 1881 entire letter with manuscript "Mahasul Chukti 11" (2 pice = ½ anna) mailed from
Jaleswar to Kathmandu, just two months before the earliest stamped cover. Rare and most appealing pair. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF420.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
804 |
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Issued Stamps 1881 (June): 1 a. bright ultramarine on European paper, pin-perf., a fine
unused example of rich colour, unused without gum. A scarce stamp so fine. Signed Holcombe Scott = $ 240/Gi = £ 350. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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805 |
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1881 (June): 2 a. purple on European paper, pin-perf., a fine unused example of deep colour,
unused without gum. A scarce stamp so fine. Signed Holcombe Scott = $ 280/Gi = £ 400. (Image
1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF260.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
806 |
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1881: 1 a. ultramarine, Setting 1, imperforate on European paper, a used example on November
1881 cover to Palpa tied by KATHMANDU I handstamp in black (Hellrigl C65 / Hepper page 7, fig. 1). Reverse with Kathmandu despatch cds (Nov 18) and Palpa arrival (Nov 23). A fine and rare first issue cover. Signed Holcombe. Cert. Hellrigl AIEP
(1995). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)
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SOLD for CHF800.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
807 |
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1894 (Oct): Cover from Kalaiza to Kathmandu with 1 a. blue, four margins, clear printing in
a deep shade, neatly tied by circular negative "KALAIZA III" handstamp (Hellrigl & Hepper type 8) in black. Reverse with half negative manuscript dated transit and arrival. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF150.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
808 |
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1886/89: 1 a. blue, 2 a. violet and 4 a. green, medium native paper of good quality, fine
impressions, used on 1893 philatelic cover each cancelled by bold strikes of the heptagonal "Ne" handstamp of Kathmandu II in black (Hepper page 7, fig. 2). Kathmandu cds below (Nov 22). (Image 1) (Image 2)
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809 |
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1930: 2nd Sri Pasupati 5 r. black & red-brown, the extraordinary document bearing no less
than 570 examples (30 x 19) all or nearly handstamped in black and most security punched against re-use, all on huge flimsy rice paper official document - some with faults but most intact - an amazing piece totalling a rate of 2'850 rupees and, one
must presume, entirely unique - the Nepali equivalent of 570 Great Britain 1929 PUC £ 1 black stamps on a document Gi = £ 15'390. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF550.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
810 |
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1935 (Aug-Dec): Sri Pasupati redrawn issue, 8 p. scarlet in an unused block of six (3 x 2)
and two vertical pairs unused, all of fresh and fine appearance, unused without gum Scott 40 = $ 1'000+/Gi = £ 1'100+. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF260.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
811 |
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1937: Shiwa oval 2 pice brown on thick native stock (Wa Type 31, H&G 27), a locally used
example cancelled on despatch by 'Nepal' datestamp of Kathmandu (May 17, 1938) in black with Birganj (Exchange) arrival cds at left (May 18) in black. A scarce card. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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812 |
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1955: India 1 r. deep dull green, a used block of four cancelled by the sole recorded
example of the "INDIAN EMBASSY (NEPAL) / PAR" (Parcels) circular datestamp (19 Aug 1956) in black. Believed unique - most Parcels were sent registered from Nepal and thus the 'Parcels' datestamp appears never to have been put into circulation with
the exception of this multiple. See Hellrigl "Nepal Postal History", page 144.rnProvenance: Collection Armand Singer. (Image 1) (Image 2)
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SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
813 |
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Lots & Collections 1886/96: Album page with tête-bêche pairs: incl. 1 a. blue with 6 unused
pairs, 2 a. violet-blue, Setting 8, a fine unused horizontal tête-bêche pair, positions 59-60; and a used pair from a different setting; 4 a. green, clear impression with unused vertical pair and horizontal used pair. A fresh and fine group (10
items).rnProvenance: Collection Dr. Wolfgang Hellrigl, Corinphila sale 206, 15 June 2016, lot 3126. (Image
1)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
814 |
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1886/1907: 2 a. violet-blue to bright violet to cinnamon, the group showing 'Large Dent in
left frameline' flaw, originally position 8, later a treansferred cliché appearing in positions 38, 45, 48, 7 and 56; single unused and used examples (2), vertical pairs (5), with unused corner pair with stamp in original position, three further
unused vertical pairs showing tête-bêche variety in radically different shades and a used pair in grey-blue. A scarce group (9 items).rnProvenance: Collection Dr. Wolfgang Hellrigl, Corinphila sale 206, 15 June 2016, lot 3153. (Image 1)
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SOLD for CHF350.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
815 |
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Sri Pasupati Issues 1907/46: First issue with imperforate set of four and imperf. blocks of
four 2 p. brown (2), 4 p. green in imperf. blocks of four and six, 16 p. purple in imperf. block of six (one item with no wmk. and another with paper-maker's wmk), unused perf. set adhered to album page and two blocks of four of the 2 p. brown,
1917/30 issue with 2 a. brown in imperforate blocks of four in vastly differing shades and a corner block of twenty (5 x 4), 1930 5 r. black & brown (7) but some slight staining and three very fine unused, 1941 issue with 4 p. green imperforate in
blocks of four (4) and six pairs together with perf. block of four; imperf. 16 p. purple-brown with four pairs and two single examples and a perf. block of four; imperf. 32 p. blue in two blocks of four and four singles, a generally fine and
interesting lot (56 items). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)
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SOLD for CHF500.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
816 |
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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., sold together with an 1872 document bearing the circular Lal Mohur seal in red. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)
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SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
817 |
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1786/1943: Royal documents (11) each bearing the circular red "Lal Mohur" seal handstamp
reading in Devanagri "Shri Durga" (Goddess Durga, the destroyer) and "Bawani" (female) and double edged sword. The earliest document dated May 1786 (1843 BS) with most dated in the mid to late Nineteenth century. Largely fresh and very fine,
excellent frontispieces for a Nepal collection. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11)
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SOLD for CHF400.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |
818 |
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1850c./1920c.: The small collection on leaves and loose with circa 1850 early letter written
on balsa wood, rolled and sealed with grey wax impression; two "Hulak" mail covers with large oval seals in black, 1884 cover from India with NEPAL arrival (Jan 17) and taxed 1 anna due, 1885 page with Kathmandu arrival markings on stampless covers
(2) both addressed to the Maharajah of Nepal from Kalaiya and Biganj respectively; 1900 cover with large seal of the Nepalese Court in Kerong, Tibet with "Rasuwa" transit cds and negative transit of "Trisuli to Kathmandu, 1908 stampless cover with
superb impression of circular barred CHAUTARA seal handstamp in black, 1910 stampless cover with large seal of Nepalese Court in Kuti, Tibet used to Kathmandu with transit datestamps of Tatpani and Chautara; 1911 stampless cover with DHANKUTA seal
handstamp in black and two classic period stamped covers at 1 a. and 3 a. A splendid and rare group (17 items). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8)
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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM |