Indian States continued... Charkhari continued... Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 40260 DE 5-14 1897–1904 — HANDSTAMPED “ANNA” ISSUES — TYPE I & II DIES WITH MISSING “A” VARIETIES. Specialized mint selection of the imperforate handstamped “ANNA” issues, comprising both Type I and Type II dies with denominations through 4 annas. Particularly noteworthy are the Type II higher values, which are scarce in either mint or used condition. Additionally includes examples of the distinctive missing “A” from “ANNA” varieties occurring in the top row. An appealing and difficult specialist group illustrating the different dies, denominations and characteristic handstamp varieties of Charkhari’s early issues (SG £200). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 5-14] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 120 Currently (SAN)...CHF 120.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40261 DE 6 var 1896 — ½ ANNA VIOLET — EARLY POST-“ANNAS” PRINTING. Attractive ½ anna violet, pin-perforated at left, from the printing immediately following the “ANNAS” issue. Identifiable by the top frame line remaining straight at its intersection with the left frame line, rather than bending downward, a useful characteristic distinguishing this printing. A desirable specialist example illustrating the progressive development of the early Charkhari handstamped settings. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 6 var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 400 Currently (SAN)...CHF 400.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40262 O, 6-14,28,29 CHARKHARI 1897–1922 — USED SELECTION OF HANDSTAMPED ISSUES WITH SCARCE EARLY COVER. Specialized group of used Charkhari issues, including a range of 1897–1904 handstamped values through 4 annas, displaying a variety of postal cancellations. Of particular note is a ¼ anna magenta handstamped adhesive used on cover, an especially desirable usage as the early handstamped issues are difficult to obtain genuinely used on cover. Also included is a 1912–17 1 paisa violet block of four, CTO, together with a 1922 1 anna handstamped issue used. An appealing specialist group combining early handstamped stamps, varied cancellations, a scarce on-cover usage, and later issues (SG £200). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [India 6-14,28,29] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 100 Currently (SAN)...CHF 100.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40263 DE 7 var CHARKHARI 1896 — 1 ANNA BLUE-GREEN — EARLY POST-“ANNAS” PRINTING. Attractive 1 anna blue-green, perforated on two sides, from the printing immediately following the “ANNAS” issue. This printing is distinguished by the top frame line remaining straight at its intersection with the left frame line, rather than bending downward. A useful and desirable specialist example documenting the development and identification of Charkhari’s early printings. Fine and rare. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 7 var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 260 Currently (SAN)...CHF 260.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40264 DE 7-9 1902–04 — TYPE I DIE — HIGHER VALUES IN ALL LISTED SHADES. Specialized stock-card selection of the Type I die handstamped imperforate issues, comprising the higher denominations from 1 anna through 4 annas, represented in the listed shades of blue-green, turquoise-green and indigo. An attractive and useful specialist group demonstrating the distinctive shade range of the higher-value Type I handstamped issues (SG £150). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 7-9] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 80 Currently (SAN)...CHF 80.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40265 DE 7b var 1896 — 1 ANNA INDIGO — “COMMA AFTER 1” VARIETY — EARLY POST-“ANNAS” PRINTING. Attractive 1 anna indigo showing the distinctive “comma after numeral 1” variety, from the printing immediately following the “ANNAS” issue. This printing is identifiable by the top frame line remaining straight at its intersection with the left frame line, rather than bending downward. A desirable specialist variety combining a distinctive typographical flaw with an identifiable early printing characteristic of the Charkhari issue. Fine and rare. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 7b var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 200 Currently (SAN)...CHF 200.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40266 DE 15c/16var CHARKHARI 1909–19 — 1 PICE — “CHARKHAPI” & “BUNDELKHAND” VARIETIES. Attractive specialist group comprising 1p orange showing the distinctive “CHARKHAPI” for “CHARKHARI” variety; 1p turquoise-blue pair, the left stamp likewise showing “CHARKHAPI” for “CHARKHARI”; and a marginal pair of the 1p turquoise-blue, the left stamp with the “E” missing from “BUNDELKHAND” variety. A desirable group of positional typographical errors, particularly useful for illustrating the setting and recurring plate varieties of the Charkhari issue (SG £250) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 15c/16var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 80 Currently (SAN)...CHF 80.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40267 16/29a 1909–21 — SCARCE MIXED-ISSUE FRANKING ON DOUBLE-RATE COVER. Attractive cover bearing the 1909 1 pice turquoise-blue used in combination with the 1921 1 anna dull violet provisional handstamped issue on wove paper, together paying the double-letter rate. The provisional 1 anna handstamp shows the distinctive dot within the “O” of “POSTAGE” variety. A rare and appealing combination franking, bringing together the earlier 1909 issue and the later provisional handstamp, with the added interest of a recognizable handstamp variety and double-rate postal usage (SG £800). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 16/29a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 400 Currently (SAN)...CHF 400.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40268 O 16var MANUSCRIPT SURCHARGES — ENGLISH & CHARKHARI TYPES — IMPORTANT. The English manuscript types ½a on 1 pice blue. Information attributed to the Inspector of State, Charkhari, records the English manuscript surcharges as having been made in 1922 and 1930, probably corresponding to the 1 anna surcharge in 1922 and the ½ anna surcharge in 1930. An important and seldom encountered stamp with manuscript surcharge types, including both English and Charkhari-script denominations. Some toning, hinged and rare. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 16var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 300 Currently (SAN)...CHF 300.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40269 DE,O 29/29a/30/30a 1921 — 1 ANNA HANDSTAMPED ISSUES — SPECIALIZED STUDY OF PAPERS, SHADES & PERFORATIONS. Attractive stock-card selection of the 1921 1 anna handstamped issue, unused and used, illustrating the principal shades and paper varieties. Top row comprises 1a violet and 1a dull purple on wove paper (SG 29, 29a); second row with 1a violet on laid paper, perf. 11 and imperforate (SG 30, 30a). Completing the group is an unusual fiscally used pair of the 1a violet printed on watermarked laid paper. A desirable specialist assembly demonstrating the shade, paper, perforation and usage variations of this distinctive Charkhari handstamped issue (SG £1000). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 29/29a/30/30a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 400 Currently (SAN)...CHF 400.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40270 O 30a var 1921 1 anna handstamp violet pair on laid paper in tete-beche vertical pair, both showing unlisted variety "P.STAGE" instead of "POSTAGE". The 2026 SG catalogue lists this as a modern forgery but the Charkhari experts do not believe it to be a forgery but a printing variety, with a fiscally used example recently discovered. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 30a var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 300 Currently (SAN)...CHF 300.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40271 31,40,41 CHARKHARI 1940–42 — TWO REGISTERED COVERS WITH SCARCE FRANKINGS. Attractive group of two registered covers demonstrating different rates and combinations. The first, 1942, franked with a pair of the 1p deep blue and pair of the 1a chocolate, together paying the 2½ annas registered rate, an appealing and scarce combination franking. The second, from the 1940s, bears a strip of three 1a red, paying the 3 annas registered rate; the 1a red is particularly difficult to find genuinely used on cover. A desirable pair of Charkhari postal-history items illustrating registered rates, multiple frankings and scarce on-cover usages (SG £250). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 31,40,41] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 120 Currently (SAN)...CHF 120.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40272 DE 31a CHARKHARI 1930–45 — 1 PICE DEEP BLUE — INVERTED PRINTING ON REVERSE. Striking block of six of the 1 pice deep blue, showing an inverted impression of the top printing on the reverse. An unusual and visually distinctive printing variety, particularly desirable as a multiple and of considerable specialist interest for the study of Charkhari’s printing methods and production errors (SG £75). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 31a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 40 Currently (SAN)...CHF 40.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40273 DE 31var 1930–45 — 1 PICE LIGHT BLUE — COLOUR TRIAL. Unusual 1 pice printed in light blue, the same colour used for the 2 annas (SG 42), produced as a colour trial rather than in the normally issued colour. This trial is specifically recorded in the catalogue footnote to the 1930–45 issues. A scarce and distinctive specialist item illustrating the colour experimentation associated with the Charkhari issue (SG £500). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 31var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 500 Currently (SAN)...CHF 500.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40274 DE 32/36 CHARKHARI 1943 — 1 PICE & ½ ANNA ON PELURE PAPER — SCARCE PAIR. Scarce unused duo comprising the 1943 1 pice dull green and ½ anna black, both printed on distinctive thin pelure paper. An attractive and difficult pair showing this unusual paper variety (SG £170). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 32/36] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 80 Currently (SAN)...CHF 80.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40275 37, 43c 1930–45 — 2½ ANNAS REGISTERED RATE — MIXED FRANKING. Attractive registered cover franked with the ½a red and 2a greyish-green, together correctly paying the 2½ annas registered rate. A desirable mixed-denomination franking and appealing example of the postal use of the 1930–45 Charkhari issues, particularly useful for a specialized study of rates and usages (SG £1050). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [India 37, 43c] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 300 Currently (SAN)...CHF 300.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40276 39a 1930-45 1a emerald with 2a light blue on the reverse of a large native cover (fragile), scarce usage of this stamp. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 39a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 80 Currently (SAN)...CHF 80.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40277 DE 41 CHARKHARI 1940 — 1 ANNA RED — IMPERFORATE. Attractive unused example of the 1 anna red, imperforate (SG 41), printed on wove paper. Very fine, fresh and scarce, with strong colour and pleasing appearance. A desirable example of this difficult Charkhari issue (SG £300). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 41] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 100 Currently (SAN)...CHF 100.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40278 41b, 43b 1946 — 3 ANNAS REGISTERED RATE — SCARCE LAID-PAPER FRANKING. Important registered cover franked with the 1 anna red and 2 annas greenish-grey, both printed on laid paper, together paying the 3 annas registered rate. Particularly noteworthy as these laid-paper stamps are not known unused, making genuine postal usages essential for their representation. A scarce and desirable mixed-denomination laid-paper franking and an important item for the specialized study of Charkhari papers, rates and postal usages (SG £1200). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 41b, 43b] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 500 Currently (SAN)...CHF 500.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM 40279 DE 42/43/43c CHARKHARI 1943 — 2 ANNAS — COMPLETE SHADE GROUP. Attractive unused group of the 1943 2 annas on wove paper, comprising all three shades: light blue, greyish green and greenish grey. A desirable specialist trio bringing together the three distinctive colour shades of this Charkhari issue (SG £260). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [India 42/43/43c] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. CHF 100 Currently (SAN)...CHF 100.00 Closing..Dec-07, 07:00 AM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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