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Bits and pieces including Small Dragons 3ca x2 (one faded), a few Treaty Ports, Surcharges, some early PRC, etc, generally fine to very fine.
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Collection 1885-1949 on Minkus leaves from Small Dragons Perf 12½ 1ca * and 3ca & 5ca used, Dowager Empress 1ca & 3ca * and 2c 4c & 6c used plus Overprints to '8/cents' on 6c including '2/cents' on 2ca Redrawn Die *, Imperial Chinese Post 20c *, Chinese Imperial Post No Wmk 20c 30c & 50c * and $2 us
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1900s-80s including 1960 Goldfish set & 1962 Mei Lan-fang set (ex M/S) both CTO, plus two small stockbooks of unmounted with 1979 Yunnan Camelias set, 1981 Lushan Mountains, Stone Forest & Edible Mushrooms sets, 1987 Warring States M/S (no gum as issued), etc, condition generally fine to very fine.
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Small accumulation a little disorganised on Hagner sheets from early PRC issues many unmounted including 1959 Tenth Anniversary set, 1962-63 Folk Dances complete set, 1963 Folk Toys set x2, 1979 Pilgrimage to the West set & Yunnan Camelias set & M/S, 1980 Guilin Landscapes, Lotus Paintings, Tarrying
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Modest collection from the 1940s with a few useful sets, PRC to mid-1950s all those that were reprinted presumed to be reprints, and 1963 Hwangshun Landscapes set, very fine, mostly used or CTO.
Grade A
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Colourful array of mostly modern issues but including 1971 Communist Party setenant strip of 3, also 'reprints' including of Mei Lan-fang set & 8f Monkey sheetlet of 4 etc all invalidated with diagonal black lines, etc, plus a few covers including 1910 1c Postal Card with advertising '...New Shipem
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1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper 1ca green SG 1 (Chan 1), well centred, a couple of slightly uneven perfs, lightly mounted, large-part o.g. Cat £550 (US$500).
Grade A B2
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1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper 1ca yellow-green SG 1a (Chan 1a), well centred, a couple of slightly uneven perfs, large-part original gum with small hinge remainder/adhesion, Cat £550 (US$550).
Grade A- B2
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1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper 3ca brown-red SG 2 (Chan 2), well centred, a couple of slightly uneven perfs, small black ink transfer from album page onto gum, minor hinge remainder, Cat £1200 (US$750). A very attractive example.
Grade A B2-
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1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper 3ca brown-red SG 2 (Chan 2), very well-centred, a couple of slightly uneven perfs, light chop cancel in blue, Cat £250 (US$200).
Grade A A2
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1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper 3ca brown-red SG 2 (Chan 2), well centred, indistinct chop cancel, Cat £250 (US$200).
Grade A B1
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1878-83 Large Dragons Thin Paper 5ca yellow SG 3a (Chan 3a), well centred, small-part indistinct chop cancel, Cat £550 (US$300).
Grade A B1
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1885-88 Small Dragons Perf 11½-12 3ca mauve SG 14 (Chan 20), very well-centred, hinge remainder,Cat £275 (US$140).
Grade A- A1
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1894 Dowager Empress First Printing 1ca to 24ca SG 16-24 (Chan 22-30), centring variable as usual, a couple with minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, the 4ca & 12ca used (questionable cancels), the others including the 24ca with large-part original gum & some hinge remainders, Cat £1900+
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1894 Dowager Empress First Printing 5ca dull orange SG 20 (Chan 26), small-part 'SHANGHAI' cds, Cat £450 (US$140).
Grade A B1
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1894 Dowager Empress First Printing 9ca dull green SG 22 (Chan 28), perforations & centring well above-average, large-part original gum with hinge remainder, Cat £350 (US$150).
Grade A- A1
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1894 Dowager Empress First Printing 12ca brown-orange SG 23 (Chan 29), well-centred, characteristic uneven perforations, superb complete strike of 'CUSTOMS/FEB13/95/CHINKIANG' double-ring cds, Cat £250 (US$170).
Grade A A2
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1894 Dowager Empress First Printing 24ca red SG 24 (Chan 30), characteristic uneven perforations, large-part original gum with some minor gum loss, lightly mounted, Cat £900 (US$600).
Grade A- B2
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Small Dragons Small Figures '1/cent' on 1ca dull green SG 34 (Chan 31) with Broken Frame at Upper Right, large-part 'CUSTOMS' cds, Cat £180+ (US$35+) for normal.
Grade A-/A
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Small Dragons Small Figures '2/cents' on 3ca mauve with Broken Character 'Yin' in Overprint SG 35 variety (Chan 32b), well-centred, small hinge remainder just visible from face through paper, Cat £475 for normal (US$350 for variety).
Grade A- B2
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Small Dragons Small Figures '5/cents' on 5ca olive-yellow SG 36 (Chan 33), well-centred, lightly mounted, Cat £275 (US$100).
Grade A B1
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Dowager Empress Small Figures '10/cents' on 6ca brown SG 43 (Chan 43), slightly fluffy perfs, small hinge remainder, Cat £150 (US$130).
Grade A B2
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Dowager Empress Small Figures '10/cents' on 9ca dull green SG 44 (Chan 44), neat bars cancel in blue, Cat £200 (US$170).
Grade A C1
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Dowager Empress Small Figures '30/cents' on 24ca rose-carmine SG 46 (Chan 46), slightly fluffy perfs, lightly mounted, Cat £1200 (US$550).
Grade A C2
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Dowager Empress Large Figures Wide Spacing on Second Printing '4/cents' on 4ca yellow-green SG 60 (Chan 59) with unlisted variety Broken Character 'Fun' [Four] in Overprint, uneven perfs slightly trimmed in parts, hinge remainder, Cat £75 (US$60) for normal.
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Dowager Empress Large Figures Wide Spacing on Second Printing '10/cents' on 9ca yellow-green with Broken Character 'Yin' in Overprint SG 63 variety (Chan 62c), very light indistinct cancel, Cat £100 for normal (US$150 for variety).
Grade A A2
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Dowager Empress Large Figures Wide Spacing on Second Printing '10/cents' on 12ca yellow-orange SG 64 (Chan 63), fluffy perfs, light diagonal corner bend at L/L, hinge remainder, Cat £600 (US$280).
Grade B B2
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Dowager Empress Large Figures Narrow Spacing on First Printing '½/cent' on 3ca orange-yellow SG 69 (Chan 65), characteristic rough perfs, lightly mounted with small adhesion on gum, Cat £950 (US$800).
Grade A- B2
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Dowager Empress Large Figures Narrow Spacing on First Printing '1/cent' on 1ca reddish orange SG 70 (Chan 66), characteristic rough perfs, torn from the sheet with a portion of the stamp below adjoining, neat large-part 1897 dollar chop, Cat £300 (US$300).
Grade A
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1897 Imperial Post Surcharges on Dowager Empress Large Figures Narrow Spacing on Third Printing '2/cent' on 2ca dull yellow-green with almost complete 'CUSTOMS/NINGPO' cds, '4/cents' on 4ca pink with small-part 'SHANGHAI' dollar chop, '5/cents' on 5ca chrome-yellow with bars cancel, '10/cents' on 9c
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1897 Surcharges on 3c Red Revenue 'one cent' SG 88 (Chan 87), well-centred, a few uneven perfs, hinge remainders, Cat £500 (US$420).
Grade A B2
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1897 Surcharges on 3c Red Revenue '2/cent' SG 89 (Chan 88), a few uneven perfs, large-part original gum with hinge remainders & adhesions, Cat £550 (US$500).
Grade A- B2
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1897 Surcharges on 3c Red Revenue '4/cent' SG 90 (Chan 89), quite well-centred, hinge remainder, Cat £1400 (US$1500).
Grade A- B1
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1897 Surcharges on 3c Red Revenue '2 cents' SG 93 (Chan 84) with unlisted variety Broken 's' of 'cents', a few uneven perfs, hinge remainders, Cat £550+ (US$650+) for normal.
Grade A- B2
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1898 'CHINESE IMPERIAL POST' ½c brown to $5 green & salmon SG 108-119 each with tiny 'SPECIMEN' oveprint, no gum, hinged to presentation page (209x163mm) inscribed "Complimentary Set presented by the Imperial Postal Administration", central fold well clear of the stamps, Cat £2100 mint, unpriced wit
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1900-10 CHINESE IMPERIAL POST No Watermark Goose $5 myrtle-green & salmon SG 133 (Chan 128), a few uneven perfs, small hinge remainder & minor gum loss, Cat £1400 (US$700).
Grade A- C2
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1912 Republic of China Shanghai Statistical Department Overprints Goose $2 claret & yellow with the Overprint Inverted SG 205a (Chan 165b), marginal example from the left of the sheet, small hinge remainder & minor gum adhesion, Cat £750 (US$380).
Grade A- C1
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1912 Revolution Commemoration Sun Yat-sen $2 brown SG 252 (Chan 194), large-part 'CHENGTU' cds, minor uneven perfs, Cat £900 (US$350).
Grade A C2
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1921 Airmail Curtis 'Jenny' Plane with National Flag on Tail set SG 352-356 (Chan A1-5), small hinge remainders, Cat £350 (US$290).
Grade A/A-
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1928 Chang Tso-lin set SG 372-375 (Chan 293-296), cds cancels, Cat £120 (US$70).
Grade A
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1929 Airmail Curtis 'Jenny' Plane with Emblem on Tail set SG 384-88 (Chan A6-10), small hinge remainders, Cat £100 (US$110).
Grade A/A-
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1933 Tan Yen-kai Memorial Set SG 440-443 (Chan 351-354) horizontal pairs, the $1 very fine lightly mounted, the lower values with minor blemishes and/or hinge remainders, Cat £350 (US$196).
Grade A/B
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1941 Special Services Express Letter ($2) red & yellow & Registration ($1.50) blue-green & buff SG E616 & R617 (Chan SE1 & SR1), the Registration stamp with slightly rounded U/R corner, no gum as issued, Cat £160 (US$120). (2)
Grade A/B
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1944-45 Parcels Post Postal Truck Facing Left $500 to $10,000 SG P711-715 (Chan P1-5) plus 1946 Postal Truck Facing Right set SG P814-817 (Chan P7-10) and 1947-48 Postal Truck Facing Left set SG P925-941 (Chan P11-27), all CTO, the 1946 set with gum, the others without gum, Cat £413 (US$195).
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1960-61 Chrysanthemums SG 1947-1964 complete, all bar the 52f as marginal corner singles some with sheet numbers, a couple with very minor aging marks mostly in the margins, unmounted, Cat £525.
Grade A/A-
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1963 Hwangshan Landscapes 4f to 50f SG 2124-2139, unmounted, Cat £700.
Grade A B1
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1967 Poems of Mao Tse-tung SG 2372-2385 complete, apparently all postally used, three of the four key values are fine to very fine, the 'Beidahe' and a couple of others with minor faults, Cat £850.
Grade A/B
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1970-80 Issues with better sets including 1970-71 Tiger Mountain, 1971 Communist Party including setenant strip of 3, 1971 Paris Commune, 1972 Physical Culture & Red Flag Canal, 1973 Industrial Production & White-Haired Girl, 1976 Five Year Plan and 1978 Galloping Horses, the odd tonespot noted but
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1978 Galloping Horses 5y M/S SG 2781, unmounted, Cat £300.
Grade A
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1980 Qi Baishi Paintings set and 2y M/S SG 2939-55, unmounted, Cat £305.
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1980 Year of the Monkey 8f Macaque SG 2968, exceptional centring, a couple of characteristic small black marks on the gum otherwise superb, unmounted, Cat £1500.
Grade A A1
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1980 Year of the Monkey 8f Macaque SG 2968, exceptional centring, characteristic tiny black specks on the reverse, otherwise superb, unmounted, Cat £1500.
Grade A A1
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1980 Year of the Monkey 8f Macaque SG 2968 block of 4, small corner fault at lower-left otherwise very fine, on airmail PPC (Great Wall) to Queensland, also with Stalin duo SG 2937-8, Transport 10f Plane #2978 & Lenin #2984, Chinese-language cds of 19.80.7, minor tonespots, Cat £2600+, for singles (
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1981 Year of the Cock 8f booklet pane with chronological diagram SG 3032a in a complete booklet SB12, unmounted, minor characteristic small black marks on the gum of a couple of units, Cat £375.
Grade A
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1999 Ethnic Groups se-tenant sheets of 56, SG 4387-4442, unmounted, Cat $550.
Grade A
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PROVINCES - YUNNAN: 1929 Sun Yat-sen Burial Overprints set SG 25-28 (Chan Y25-28), a few minor uneven perfs, lightly mounted, Cat £140 (US$120).
Grade A/A-
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POSTAL HISTORY: Early picture postcards to Australia comprising 1908 with Coiling Dragons 1c pair tied by 'TIENSTSIN' cds; German 'SCHANGHAI/DEUTSCHE POST' & Hong Kong transits; Hong Kong KEVII frankings x3 with 'SHANGHAI', 'TIENTSIN' and 'HANKOW' cds; Hong Kong 'China Town' and 'Chinese Boys Chow C
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1902 (April 20) usage of Postal Card 1c red with lengthy message in German headed "Puoly" and signed "R Pieper/Missionaer", to Germany with Coiling Dragon ½c brown added tied by 'PEKING/APR. 22 1902' double oval d/s and another very fine strike on the value indicia, carried by Chines
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1969 (Aug 11) envelope with Chairman Mao's poem 'Beidahe' printed on face, commercial domestic usage with Fleet Expansionists' Congress 8f poem solo tied to reverse by cds & arrival cds alongside, a little roughly opened at right, minor blemishes.
Grade B
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POSTAL HISTORY: Album of mostly commercial domestic & overseas mail with many attractive frankings, also 1930s YMCA cover from 'KAIFENG', some FDCs, generally very fine. A colourful lot.
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SOUTH KOREA: 1951-52 Participation in the Korean War Flags SG 158A & B to 179A & B complete except for Italy without the Crown SG 169A & B, well centred & many are marginal examples, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £720+.
Grade A
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The balance of Julie Marshall's exhibit/album pages with a few Classic stamps including unused 1881 Pin-Perf 4a green (thinned), 1898-99 Pin-Perf 1a & 2a, six stampless covers including 1884 with unusually fine oval Kathmandu datestamp, 1886 with fine Trisuli cds & c.1909 with very fine intaglio cds
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Stockpages of Classic issues completely unsorted & unidentified to 4a green x23 including a pair & a couple unused, a few other multiples including 1a blocks of 6 x2, & a few Pin-Perfs, postmark interest, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Prospectors required.
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Carton of mostly post-WWII issues to 1975 in two 'Utile' springback albums, on pages & in packets, we noted some Sri Pashupati issues, then largely complete mint including 1949 Pictorials, 1954 Maps 50p & 2r, 1957 Crowns, 1960 Children's Day sheetlet of 4 **, similar used array plus numerous First D
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POSTAL HISTORY: Collection remainders including a badly defective 1876 registered from India with superb 'NEPAL/FEB:20' arrival (no year; month before day), 1881 unpaid & taxed from India with very fine 'NEPAL/1 FEB:' cds (no year; day before month), a batch of prestamp or unstamped covers with a va
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POSTAL HISTORY: c.1959 official cover with Officials 12p orange-red SG O139 x4 tied to the reverse by a largely very fine cds that we have not identified, the face with a largely superb strike of a fantastic wholly intaglio 'telephone' datestamp (37x34mm) on the face, light vertical fold clear of th
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POSTAL STATIONERY: Annotated pages with Postal Cards comprising 2½p scarlet Group Wa2 and 5 x2, all unused; as Wa7 but with Text Same Length as Ornament & not listed thus, unused; Wa9 used c.1892 with large-part Kathmandu killer Type II, Cat US$275 (1995); and Wa12 used with superb Kathmandu killer
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REVENUES: c.1910 Land Court 2r bright yellow-green (65x67mm) sheetlet of one with huge margins (89x92mm) Barefoot #2, unused, Cat £250 (2006, appartently still the current edition). Massive! and illustrated at almost actual size.
Grade A
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REVENUES: 1932 single-page court (?) document with several small seals & a largely very fine strike of the humungous seal (121x100mm) of the Prime Minister & Commander-in-Chief Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana featuring Mount Everest & partly inscribed in English & dated '1932', folds & minor blemi
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1809 cover with superb seal of Kazi Amar Singh Thapa on the reverse, to his son, the Prime Minister Bhim Sen Thapa and his grandson Ranadhoj Thapa, endorsed in violet on the face with a summary of the message about hostilities in Malkhada against Sansar Chand of the Indian Stateling of Kangra, light
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1811 (Nov) manuscript document on coarse native paper with a very fine strike of the royal seal of Girbana Yuddha Bikram Shah (King of Nepal 1806-1816) in vermilion, characteristic creasing but overall quite fine. A land grant in favour of Kazi Bir Kesher Pandey, signed on the reverse by Prana Shah,
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1812 cover with superb seal on the reverse of Amar Singh Thapa, Governor of Palpa, to the King Girbana Yuddha Bikram ShahI at Kantipur, endorsed in violet on the face with a summary of the message regarding a survey of borders of Butwal & Rautahat, that were disputed by the British, minor defects. [
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1814 (Sep) cover with superb seal on the reverse of Amar Singh Thapa, Governor of Palpa, to the King Girbana Yuddha Bikram ShahI at Kantipur, endorsed in violet also on the reverse with a summary of the message regarding the death of the Nawab of Oudh who has been succeeded by his son Gajauddin Khan
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1821 (Aug) cover with superb seal on the reverse of Uzir Singh Thapa, Governor of Palpa, to his uncle, Prime Minister Bhim Sen Thapa in Kantipur (Kathmandu), endorsed on the face with a summary of the message complaining about his treatment by the government. In 1824, he was relieved of his duties f
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1832 manuscript document on coarse native paper with a very fine strike of the royal seal of Rajendra Bikram Shah (King of Nepal 1816-47) in vermilion, several intaglio seals on the reverse including of Prime Minister Bhim Sen Thapa, characteristic creasing but overall quite fine. The document detai
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1852 (Sep 26) cover with very fine to superb seals on the reverse of Kazi Gambhir Singh Adikari, Sardar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Thapa and Subba Bhimsen Rana, to the Prime Minister & Commander-in-Chief Jang Bahadur Rana, endorsed also on the reverse with a summary of the message "We met Talbae Dainbu D
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1879 (Oct 12) large-part cover from Kathmandu (poor first-type backstamp) endorsed on the reverse "Mahasul Chukti" (= postage fee paid), to Palpa with very fine first type datestamp, part of the reverse missing.
In 1879, the first provincial post offices were established; Nepalese-inscribed postmar
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1880 (Aug 8) official cover with largely superb seal on the reverse of Amini Goswara, to the Prime Minister & Commander-in-Chief Rana Udip Singh Bahadur, with fine strike of the first Kalaiya postmark inscribed 'BARA' (the province of which Kalaiya was the capital) with manuscript date & legible str
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1880 (Oct 19) cover to the Prime Minister & Commander-in-Chief Rana Udip Singh Bahadur, with superb strike of the first Hanumannagar postmark with manuscript date & fine strike of the first type Kathmandu arrival datestamp in bluish-black, manuscript "J" signifies "Postage not required", significant
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1890 (Dec 3) official cover from Banke with an identifiable strike of the postmaster's private seal & his manuscript endorsement of the office name and date, minor blemishes.
In about 1885, the inscriptions were removed from all the datestamps which were re-issued as circles without inscriptions! O
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1862 (Jan) cover with a superb strike on the reverse of the stupendous 83mm seal of the Nepalese Commander-in-Chief Krishna Bahadur centrally inscribed in Devanagari & Persian & around the rim 'SREEISTODEBTAHCHURN/ KRISNOBAHADORECOOMARSHURN', to India with fine strike of the double- circle 'NEPAUL/4
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1863 tiny flimsy unstamped cover with largely superb 'E.X./CALCUTTA/G P O/JU29/1863' cda & boxed 'CAL GPO/BG 1 ANNA' h/s in black, to the Rana Family in Kathmandu, fine double-circle 'NEPAUL/3/JUL/1863/P . O' arrival cds in black, remarkably fine for this class of material.
Grade A-
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1867 tiny flimsy cover to India with East India ½a tied by scarce double-circle 'NEPAUL/3MR/67 - 137' duplex (numeral within diagonal bars), superb strike of the rare boxed 'TOOLATE' h/s (one word) on the reverse with largely superb strike of 'TRA...TJUN GPO/ No2/7 MAY/ JB /BENGAL' transit & poor Be
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1883 usage of Indian ½a Envelope with largely superb 'D'-in-Bars 'killer' of the Bihar Circle & similar quality 24½mm 'NEPAL./SEP:21' b/s, to "Mutiharee" with light but clear 'FIRST DELY/MOTIHAREE/SEP24' arrival b/s, minor fault at lower-left otherwise very fine. [In the late-1870s, Indian post offi
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1884 stampless cover from India to "HH the Maharaja Sir Runoo/dupsingha Rana Bahadoor/Primeminister and Commandert in Chief Nepaul" with very fine to superb backstamps of 'BAGHBAZAR/CALCUTTA /21NOV84' b/s, 'THIRD DELY/MUTIHAREE/22NOV84' transit & 24½mm 'NEPAL27NOV84' arrival plus boxed 'POSTAGE DUE/
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1891 usage of stampless 'On Postal Service/EAST INDIA POST CARD' in pale green/white to 'The Commanding Officer/9th B.I. [= Bengal Infantry]/Durenda" with a superb strike of the scarce 19mm 'thimble' cds inscribed 'NFPAL/JA2/91', transit of '[...]OWLIE' & 'DURENDA/6JA/91' arrival cds, minor clipped
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1901 usage of Indian 'ONE/ANNA' on 2a6p Envelope uprated on the reverse with ½a x4 all tied by 'NEPAL/13AP/01' squared-circles, to "Bank of Bengal/Calcutta" with superb large-part strike of the boxed 'REGISTERED/NEPAL/[N] W ' handstamp inscribed "NO 542" in violet below, poor Calcutta arrival b/s of
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1904-07 covers x3 & postal stationery Envelopes x4 with all-different 'NEPAL' postmarks comprising Swiss bridge-pattern cds x2 (one with 'NFPAL', caused by damage), 'NEPAL/1ST DELY' 25mm (with oval 'UNPAID/ MOTIHARI' h/s in green) or 24½mm (registered), 'NEPAL/2ND DELY' with 2-line date or 1-line da
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1925-28 usages of 31½mm cds on 1) 1925 stampless 'On Postal Service' pre-UPU 'Acknowledgment' of receipt of registered letter also with 'NEPAL'-in-Box & 'KATMANDU'-in-oval handstamps; 2) 1927 Registration Receipt; & 3) 1928 'A.R. Receipt for Inland or foreign Telegrams'; minor imperfections. Scarce.
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PIN PERFORATED: 1a dull blue SG 1 (F&V 1) Stg 2, unused with small-part brown original gum, Cat £350 (US$400). Wolfgang Hellrigl's example with large-part o.g., sold for SFr576.
Grade A C1
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PIN PERFORATED: 1a ultramarine SG 1 (F&V 1) Stg 1 [18, lower frame uneven at left], gorgeous shade, unusually well centred, unused, Cat £350 (US$400). Superb. Wolfgang Hellrigl's example with large-part o.g., sold for SFr600.
Grade A+ B1
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PIN PERFORATED: 2a purple SG 2 (F&V 2), full colour, well centred, large-part original brown gum, Cat £400 (US$600). Wolfgang Hellrigl's two examples sold for SFr1080 & SFr576 respectively.
Grade A B1
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PIN PERFORATED: 4a yellow-green SG 3 (F&V 3), delicate shade, unusually well centred, light ironed-out horizontal crease, large-part original white gum, Cat £550 (US$550). Wolfgang Hellrigl's two superb examples sold for SFr660 & SFr600 respectively.
Grade (A-) A1
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IMPERFORATE: 1a blue SG 4 (F&V 4) three examples comprising 1) ultramarine Stg 1, margins good to large, superb; 2) dull blue Stg 2 [63; notch in upper frameline at left], margins close to good; and 3) milky blue Setting unknown, large-even margins; all unused, Cat £675 (US$450). (3)
Grade A+/A-
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IMPERFORATE: 1a blue SG 4 (F&V 4) Stg 1 horizontal strip of 4 [1-4], unit [3] with Dent at Upper-Left Corner, large even margins, the first unit with a couple of almost imperceptible tonespots otherwise the strip is superb, unused, Cat £900+ (US$600+). [Hellrigl & Vignola state at page 67, "...the i
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IMPERFORATE: 2a purple SG 5 (F&V 5) Stg 1 [64; uneven upper frame], margins good to large, unused, Cat £225 (US$175).
Grade A B1
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IMPERFORATE: 2a bright purple SG 5 (F&V 5) Stg 2 [34; White Flaw to Centre-Left at Base], margins just clear - at upper-right - to large, large-part original white gum & rare thus, Cat £225+ (US$175+). [Hellrigl & Vignola state at page 122 "only a handful of clearly printed 2 annas are known with a
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IMPERFORATE: 4a yellow-green SG 6 (F&V 6) Setting unknown, good even margins, a couple of minor shallow thins, unused, Cat £350 (US$300).
Grade A-
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EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: Early Printings remaindered selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages comprising 1a dull blue Setting 9 lower-left corner block of 4 and Settings 10-18 1a unused x4 & used x5 including a vertical strip of 3, 2a Settings 4-6 unused x11 including two pairs wit
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EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 1a blue SG 7 (F&V 7) Setting 8 block of 4 [51-52/59-60] comprising two vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 7a (F&V 7a) in dull blue on toned paper, and Setting 9 lower-right corner block of 4 [49-50/57-58] in bright blue on white paper, both with margins good to huge
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EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 2a dull violet SG 8 (F&V 8) block of 4, margins good to large, Character-in-Bars cancels of Kathmandu, Cat £520+ (US$320+), for singles. [SG 8/a comprises stamps from Settings 4 to 6]
Grade A
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EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 2a blue-violet SG 8 (F&V 8) on Stout Paper Setting 6 (?) marginal block of 8 [49-52/57-60] from the lower-left of the sheet, margins good to huge, unused, Cat £960+ (US$400++). Superb.
Grade A+
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EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 2a blue-violet SG 8 (F&V 8) on Stout Paper Setting 5 marginal irregular block of 18 [31-32/37-40/45-48/53-56/61-64] from the lower-right of the sheet with traces of the marginal lines at right & base, margins good to huge, unused, Cat £2160+ (US$900+), for sin
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EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 2a deep blue Error of Colour tete-beche pair F&V 8ba (Hellrigl & Vignola 9a), margins close to good, bold Character-in-Bars cancels of Ilam, F&V Cat US$1200++, for two singles but unpriced for a tete-beche pair (Hellrigl & Vignola US$3000). For some reason kno
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EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 4a deep yellow-green SG 9 (F&V 9) Setting 4 block of 12 [27-30/35-38/43-46], margins good to large, vertical crease affects the first column, Cat £1680+ (US$960+), for singles. [SG 10/a comprises stamps from Settings 3 and 4]
Grade A/B
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EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 4a deep yellow-green SG 9 (F&V 9) Setting 4 irregular block of 18 [25-28/33-36/41-44/49-52/59-60] from the lower-left of the sheet, margins good to huge, Cat £2520+ (US$1440+), for singles. Superb.
Please note that the illustration is on its side: the base i
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EARLY PRINTINGS WITH CLEAR IMPRESSIONS: 4a yellow-green on stout paper SG 9 (F&V 9) Setting 4 marginal block of 9 [45-47/53-55/61-63] from the base of the sheet with the central unit Inverted resulting in a Tete-Beche Pair SG 9a (F&V 9a), margins good to huge, paper inclusion on [55], unused, Cat £1
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LATER PRINTINGS WITH SLIGHTLY BLURRED IMPRESSIONS: Balance on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages comprising 2a Settings 7-12 unused x9 including two pairs with marginal framelines at left or right & a horizontal Tete-Beche Pair, and various settings used x11 including a block of 4 (thinned) with superb
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LATER PRINTINGS WITH SLIGHTLY BLURRED IMPRESSIONS: 1a dull blue SG 10 (F&V 7) Settings 8-11 marginal block of 12 [29-32/37-40/45-48] from the right of the sheet, margins large to huge, [37] with Diagonal Scratch at Lower-Left, [40] with Small Diagonal Scratch at Upper-Right & [48] with Vertical Crac
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LATER PRINTINGS WITH SLIGHTLY BLURRED IMPRESSIONS: 1a dull blue SG 10 (F&V 11) Settings 8-9 marginal block of 12 [1-4/9-12/17-20] from the upper-left of the sheet, and marginal block of 6 [6-7/14-16] from the upper right of the sheet, between them with almost complete inscription 'EK ANE TEKAT [CHAR
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LATER PRINTINGS WITH SLIGHTLY BLURRED IMPRESSIONS: 4a deep yellow-green vertical Tete-Beche Pair SG 12a (F&V 9a) Settings 5-6 [54/62], margins good to huge, minor writing-ink mark in the upper margin, unused, Cat £300 (US$500).
Grade A-
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LATER PRINTINGS WITH SLIGHTLY BLURRED IMPRESSIONS: 4a deep yellow-green vertical Tete-Beche Pair SG 12a (F&V 9a) Setting 8 [54/62] with marginal line at the base, indistinct cancels, Cat £250 (US$750). Wolfgang Hellrigl Certificate (1985).
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IMPERFORATE: SG 13-17a (F&V 10-12) selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages comprising 1a strip of 3 & two tete-beche pairs, all used; 2a shades unused x8 including two pairs, and used x14 including a pair & strip of 3, fine postmarks of Butwal, Hanumannagar, Kardaban x2, Karnali & Kathmandu; and
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IMPERFORATE: 2a grey-violet SG 15 (F&V 11) Setting 14 marginal block of 6 (5-7/13-15] from the top of the sheet with thick marginal frameline, margins good to huge, character-in-bars cancels of Kathmandu, Cat £350+ (US$300+). Rare. Only Settings 14 (1899-1900) & 15 (1900-1901) had the upper framelin
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IMPERFORATE: 4a yellow-green vertical Tete-Beche Pair SG 17a (F&V 12a) Setting 8 [54/62] in a corner block of 8 [53-56/61-64] from the lower-right of the sheet, margins close to enormous, minor blemishes, unused, Cat £770+ (US$800+) for a tete-beche pair & six normal singles.
Grade A/A-
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IMPERFORATE: 4a green vertical Tete-Beche Pair SG 17a (F&V 12a) [54/62], margins good to large, unused, Cat £900 (US$500). Superb. The illustration is above Lot 1966.
Grade A+
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PIN PERFORATED: 1a dull blue horizontal Tete-Beche Pair SG 18a (F&V 10Pa), unused, Cat £180 (US$300).
Grade A
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PIN PERFORATED: 1a pale grey-green horizontal Tete-Beche Pair SG 19a (F&V 10Pa), minor tonespots, unused, Cat £400 (US$300+). Frajola & Vignola don't segregate the blue & grey-green printings.
Grade B
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PIN PERFORATED: 2a dull purple horizontal Tete-Beche Pair SG 20a (F&V 11P), unused, Cat £300 (US$300+).
Grade A
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PIN PERFORATED: 4a yellow-green SG 21 (F&V 12P) Settings 9-10 horizontal strip of 4 [61-64] from the lower-right of the sheet with marginal lines at right & base, [63] with Deformed Frame at Right, some trimmed perfs otherwise superb, unused, Cat £600+ (US$400+).
Grade A-/A+
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PIN PERFORATED: 4a dull green SG 21 (F&V 12P) Setting 11 block of 4 [44-45/52-53], unit [45] with Irregular Frame at Right, unused, Cat £600+ (US$400+).
The illustration is above Lot 1961.
Grade A
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IMPERFORATE: ½a black SG 22 (F&V 13) selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages with shades & papers comprising singles x6 (two pin-perforated), Clearly Defined Impressions Stg 1 block of 6 [31-32/39-40/47-48], Stg 2 block of 4, Blurred Impressions Stg 3 block of 12 [3-5/11-13/19-21/27-29] & horizo
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IMPERFORATE: ½a black SG 22 (F&V 13) Stg 3 Early Printing with Clearly Defined Impressions block of 4, annotated varieties on all units, fine central 'Ne' (= Nepal) cancel of Kathmandu, Cat £600+ (US$400+). Superb. A very scarce multiple: Hellrigl & Vignola at page 183 state "Most of the sheets of t
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PIN-PERFORATED: ½a black SG 23 (F&V 13) Stg 3 corner block of 20 [1-5/9-15/17-21/25-29] with annotated varieties on seven units, [29] is defective otherwise very fine, Cat £580+ (US$2000+).
Grade A
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EUROPEAN WHITE WOVE PAPER: Imperforate 1a grey-blue SG 24 (F&V 14) horizontal pair, margins close to large, unused, Cat £1900+ (US$1200+). Scarce multiple.
Grade A
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LOCAL PAPERS: Selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages with Imperforate Stg 26 unused block of 8 [21-24/29-32] in which [24] was completely recut for Stg 19 (1898) but remains clearer than the other units, Ultramarine Stg 27 unused block of 8 [53-56/61-64] from the lower-right of the sheet with m
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Remaindered selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit/display pages with ½a black x14 including a pair apparently Printed Double plus a sheet of 64 with four Tete-Beche Pairs, Redrawn 1a x63 including blocks of 4 x3 & blocks of 6 x2 plus six Tete-Beche Pairs two of them in blocks of 4 and a complete she
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HALF ANNA: ½a black selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages comprising singles x4, Tete-Beche Pairs x2 [1-2] & [25-26], vertical strip of 4, blocks of 4 x3, block of 8, & lower half-sheet of 32 (8x4) including Tete-Beche Pair [57-58], other annotated varieties, a few faults but most are fine to
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HALF ANNA: ½a black SG 34 (F&V 17) Setting 13 complete sheet of 64 (8x8) with the outer margins removed, six inverted clichés [1 6 7 8 25 & 57] creating six horizontal or vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 34a (F&V 17a), remarkably fine, Cat £680+ (US$730+).
Grade A
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HALF ANNA: ½a vermilion SG 35 (F&V 16) Setting 6 singles x3 in different shades including [27] & [41], another with spurious pin perfs, also a forged horizontal Tete-Beche Pair, Cat £1050 (US$1050) for the three used imperf examples. (6)
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ONE ANNA: 1a dull ultramarine Setting 27 SG 27 (F&V 18) complete sheet of 64 (8x8) with the outer margins removed, nine inverted clichés [15 18 23 27 37 40 41 51 & 64] creating nine horizontal or vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 27a (F&V 18a), remarkably fine, crescent-cancels of Birganj, Cat £2100+ (US
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ONE ANNA: 1a dull blue Setting 27 SG 26 (F&V 18) Second State variant with the Clichés 'Cleaned' large-part sheet of 48 (8x6) from the top of the sheet with the outer margins removed, seven inverted clichés [15 18 23 27 37 40 41] creating seven horizontal or vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 26a (F&V 18a
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ONE ANNA: 1a pale emerald Error of Colour Setting 27 SG unlisted (F&V 18b) marginal block of 6 [6-8/14-16] from the top of the sheet, [15] Inverted creating a Tete-Beche Pair (F&V 18ba), margins good to large, remarkably fine, crescent-cancels of Birganj largely clear of [15], Cat US$2500+. Superb.
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TWO ANNAS: Selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages with a remarkable variety of colours & shades - although nothing we consider to be "red" - SG 37-40a group (F&V 19/a) including Stg 20 printings of 1905-06 in lilac & purple including horizontal & vertical Tete-Beche Pairs & an irregular block o
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TWO ANNAS: 2a brown SG 40 (F&V 19) Setting 29 complete sheet of 56 (8x7) with two blank positions [1] & [9] and [8 14 15 18 19 & 48] all Inverted resulting in six horizontal or vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 40a (F&V 19a), the sheet margins removed resulting in several units being touched or a little
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TWO ANNAS: 2a chestnut SG 40 (F&V 19) Setting 31 complete sheet of 56 (8x7) with three blank positions [1] [9] & [49] and [5 8 14 15 18 19 & 48] all Inverted resulting in seven horizontal or vertical Tete-Beche Pairs SG 40a (F&V 19a), full sheet margins, several prominent paper inclusions including
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FOUR ANNAS: Selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages with singles x4 (two from the 1901-07 printings released in 1917), a horizontal Tete-Beche Pair [53-54], blocks of 4 9 & 15, and from the Third State a block of 39 (8x4, missing the lower-right unit) with horizontal Tete-Beche Pair [53-54] & un
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FOUR ANNAS: 4a bright green SG 41 Setting 12 complete sheet of 64 with large sheet margins, Pos [8] is the 1a Error of Colour which is also Inverted! SG 41b creating a horizontal Tete-Beche Pair [7-8 ](F&V 18ca), Unit [56; the 'Blob of Colour] has also been substituted & is also inverted creating a
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Selection on Julie Marshall's exhibit pages including 1907 Perkins Bacon imperf plate proof pairs in the issued colours, 1933 used set plus two additional 5r with minor Vignette Shifts and x32 including a block of 16 (4x4) all with telegraph punches on a single telegram piece, 1934 4p unused block o
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1941-46 Local Printings First Printing 2p bright yellow-green Error of Colour SG 57a complete sheet of 40 (4x10) with marginal inscriptions at the sides & an additional full-width line of perforations at the base apparently to allow for removal from a book of sheets as indicated by staple-holes at t
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1915-45 internal commercial covers including seven registered & with a variety of frankings on the reverse & postmarks including 1911 'Cross'-type of Butwal, Gorkha & Trisuli, 'Sun & Crescent' of Tatapani x2, Large Ornamental type of Syuraj, Hulak 'straight' type of Sarlahi & Tauliha
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1881 Charcter-in-Bars Cancellations of Bhagwanpur, Daneldhura, Dhankuta, Hanumannagar x2, Kadarban, Kalaiya Types I & II, Karnali, Khatmandu, Okhaldunga, Pyuthan, Sarlahi and Taulihawa, all but one (a 2a) on 1a blue from various printings in variable condition but mostly with full margins, the postm
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1883 cover with a very fine Imperf 1a ultramarine SG 4 (Cat £200 as a used single) tied to the face by fine to very fine 'swirl' cancel of Kathmandu, the reverse with very fine oval Kathmandu d/s of 29.3.1883 & superb Kalaiya arrival cds of 30.3.1883. A couple of minor defects on the reverse still a
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1896 cover with a fine Imperf 1a indigo SG 10 tied to the reverse by a fair strike of Dhankuta's character-in-bars cancel with superb intaglio cds to the right with manuscript date of 31.5.1896, a bit stained from the adhesive on the flaps otherwise very fine.
Grade B
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1897 larger-than-usual cover with an Imperf 1a blue (full margins, stained by the adhesive used) tied to the face by a fine strike of Palpa's character-in-bars cancel, on the reverse a light but clear intaglio cds of Palpa with manuscript date of 21.8.1897 & legible Kathmandu arrival cds, minor wrin
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1900 larger-than-usual cover with an Imperf 1a blue (full margins, stained by the adhesive used) tied to the face by a largely very fine strike of Gahawa's character-in-bars cancel, on the reverse a largely fine intaglio cds of Gahawa with manuscript date of 2.12.1900, minor wrinkling & a little soi
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1901 local cover with an Imperf 1a blue with Recut Frames SG 26 (margins good to large) tied to the face by a largely very fine strike of Kathmandu's hexagonal character-in-bars cancel, fine part-strike of Kathmandu cds of -.11.1901 on the reverse, vertical fold & a little aged. The catalogues state
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1904 European envelope with Imperf 1a dull blue with Recut Frames SG 26, tied to the face by an almost fine strike of Lyanglyang's character-in-bars cancel with two strikes of the intaglio cds of Lyanglyang with manuscript dates of 7.9.1904 & 8.9.1904, almost fine Kathmandu arrival cds of 10.9.1904
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1905 cover with an Imperf 1a blue with Recut Frames SG 26 (Stg 26 ?, with framelines very clear; margins good to large) tied to the reverse by a fine strike of Dhankuta's character-in-bars cancel with intaglio cds of Dhankuta alongside with manuscript date of 15.6.1905, almost fine Kathmandu arrival
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1905 scarce double-rate cover with an Imperf 2a grey-lilac SG 16 (large even margins) tied to the face by a very fine strike of Kadarban's character-in-bars cancel, on the reverse a largely fine intaglio boxed datestamp of Kadarban with manuscript date of 8.10.1905, attractively stained on the rever
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1907 registered cover with a 'full set' of Imperfs comprising 1a dull blue with Recut Frames SG 26, 2a bright violet SG 15 & 4a blue-green SG 17 (all with full margins) tied to the face by fair to fine strikes of Taulihawa's character-in-bars cancel, the reverse with superb intaglio cds of Taulihawa
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Registered commercial mail with KGV ½a+2a size G Registration Envelope internal usage with boxed 'NEPAL' handstamp on blue/white R label, then with Indian KGVI frankings comprising 1) use of KGV ½a+2a size G Registration Envelope from Nhaikantala to "Pharijong/Tibet" with 3p x4 on the reverse & blac
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1945 commercial covers to "Barisal/E Bengal" with KGVI 1½a or to England with KGVI ½a & 1½a x2, in each case tied by the 'BRITISH LEGATION/(NEPAL)' so-called 'comet' datestamp (Hellrigl Type B83, which he states at page 138 was "relatively little used").
Grade B
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1949 (Oct 26) cover from "Adda" with 1a x2 & 4a tied to reverse by 'INDIAN EMBASSY (NEPAL)' cds & similarly inscribed handstamp on scarce 'BRITISH LEGATION NEPAL' R label, to Nautanwa (India), redirected but endorsed on the reverse "no system for sending this on to Bharatpur" suggesting that there w
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1950-61 commercial group comprising 1953 from "Lalitpur" to Ohio with blue/white 'INDIAN EMBASSY/NEPAL' R label, 1961 to India with 15np+50np Registration Envelope to India with 'INDIAN EMBASSY/NEPAL' handstamp in violet on provisional R label, 1950 uprated 6a Aerogramme with full letter to Texas &
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1955 (Apr 25) commercial registered airmail cover from New York with 'Prexies' 30c Roosevelt & 50c Taft tied by double-oval dumb cancel, light but obvious 'INDIAN EMBASSY (NEPAL)/ REG /2MAY55' arrival backstamp, vertical fold at left & minor blemishes. A wonderful 'Prexie' usage & destination cover.
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1903 official cover from Kerong with very fine strike of the elaborate court seal, transits comprising mute-circle with manuscript endorsement of "Rasuwa/16.4.1903" & intaglio cds of Trisuli, unusually fine Kathmandu arrival cds of 18.4.1903.
Grade A-
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1907 unusually-large official cover from Kuti with very fine strike of the elaborate court seal, transits comprising manuscript of Tatapani & intaglio of Chuatara with manuscript date of 21.5.1907 plus Kathmandu arrival of 24.5.1907. An unusually late usage of the traditional route, which was rarely
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1909 usage of KEVII ½a Envelope with fine 'GYANTSE-TIBET/19MA/09/SILIGURI-BASE' cds with the Dateline Inverted (not noted by Wolfgang Hellrigl & not previously seen by us), very fine Indian 'BASE-OFFICE/26MA09' transit & fine 'NEPAL/2ND DELY/29MA09' arrival backstamp, light soiling.
Grade B
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1909 & 1924 covers from Kathmandu to Gyantse 1) jeweller's advertising envelope with KEVII ½a tied by 25½mm 'NEPAL/26AU09' cds, Indian 'BASE OFFICE/31AU09' transit & 'GYANTSE-TIBET/9SE/09/ SILIGURI-BASE' arrival, vertical fold well clear of the stamp & postmarks; and 2) cover with KGV 1a brown tied
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1923 cover from Kathmandu to "Lhassa/co Pancha Ratna/...Gyanchi Tibet" with part-'KATMANDU'-in-Oval handstamp & fine 'GYANTSE/27SEP23/TIBET' arrival cds. [Gyantse was the northernmost of the British India post offices. The person to whom it was addressed at Gyantse acted as a forwarding agent to get
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1935 cover to "Katmandu (Nepal)" with KGV 1a brown only tied by very fine 'PHARIJONG/20MAY35' cds & a largely superb strike of the rare semi-circle 'PHARIJONG FPO No 81/DUE/("½") AS' handstamp, light Indian 'RAXAUL/25MAU35' transit, 'KATMANDU'-in-Oval arrival & light but clear strike of the octagon
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1936 covers to Katmandu 1) with KGV 1a3p tied to the reverse by largely very fine 'GYANTSE/16APR36' cds, or 2) with KGV 1a brown only but not taxed tied by largely superb 'PHARIJONG/29AU636' cds; both with poor 'KATMANDU'-in-Oval and light but obvious 'NEPAL/23APR36' or superb 'NEPAL/3SEP36' arrival
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1939 cover to Kathmandu with Lhasa merchant's printed details & 'C/o Danaratna/Rheling Pharijong/Tibet', KGVI 1a carmine only tied by 'PHARIJONG/20DEC39' cds & largely very fine horseshoe 'PHARIJONG FPO No 81/DUE' handstamp, very fine 'Exchange Nepal' part-strike of Kathmandu (Hellrigl & Hepper Type
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1954 registered cover to Kathmandu from a Lhasa merchant endorsed "c/o Gorkha Office/PO Gyantse/Tibet" with India Monuments 6p block of 4 & 2a x4 tied to the reverse by light 'GYANTSE/3JLY' cds, 'INDIAN EMBASSY (NEPAL)/ REG /8JLY54' arrival b/s, minor blemishes.
Grade B
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1898 King Alfonso XIII 1m to 5m SG 217-221 strips of 5 each with 'MUESTRA' h/s in violet, the central unit of each strip lightly mounted, the others all unmounted. These were the only values from the set so distributed by the UPU.
Grade A
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Specimen quartet comprising 1887-91 3c SG 13 with 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp, then with small 'Specimen.' Overprint 1907 Postal Fiscals '20/Ticals.' SG 107 and 1908 Equestrian Statue 20t & 40t SG 123 & 124, all with large-part o.g., Cat £8450, for mint issued stamps.
Grade A
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1982-2004 carton of new issue packs. Weighs 7kg.
Grade A
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1911 (July 20) usage of 'Old Town Malacca' PPC to Australia, Temple of Light 6s tied by very fine 'PUKET' bi-lingual cds, Singapore & Penang transits alongside, a couple of minor corner bends.
Grade A-
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1942-43 POW covers from England x2 & Australian POW Envelopes x2 (one a front only), all to Australian POWs in Malaya c/- Red Cross in Tokyo, all with various redirection s including "A" or "A Force" sent from Singapore to Burma, "K1" = Konyu Camp in Thailand, "Kaorin" or "Chungkai"
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1943 (May & Sep) two Japanese Prisoner of War postal cards from Private Eric Palmer-Gowing at "No 1 POW Camp Thailand" to his mother or wife in Suffolk, both with Japanese censor Suzuki's chop in red & British '[crown]/PASSED/P.W.3689' (?) OR '6551' both in rosine, minor rounded corn
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1944 (June 10) Japanese Prisoner of War postal card from Private Raymond Maddocks at 'No ("4") POW Camp/Thailand' at Tamuang, to his mother in Wales, Japanese censor Hatori's superb chop in red & British '[crown]/PASSED/P.W.6316' in rosine, minor blemishes; 7.2.1945 British 3d POW po
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NORTH VIETNAM: Miniature Sheets with 1961 Artists Congress ** x2 then lightly duplicated 1983-2001 range either ** or CTO or both, condition generally very fine, stated Cat £495.
Grade A/A-
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NORTH VIETNAM: Selection comprising 1956-57 Officials Cu Chinh Lan Commemoration set SG NO50-56 (a few with 'fluffy' perfs as usual), 1960 Hung Vuong Temple (2) and 1961 Artists Congress M/S, all unmounted, Cat £400.
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LOCAL CURRENCY: 1924 Yokohama Specie Bank Ltd, Tsingtau $1 'ONE DOLLAR LOCAL CURRENCY/15th November 1924' P S757, light vertical folds, note retains crispness, rev. serial '362064' in red, gVF. Unpriced by Pick - Rare.
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1868 Isabel 2 Pesos gold (3.34g, 0.875) KM143 (probably a 1869-73 re-strike), gFine.
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SOUTH VIETNAM: 1955 1 Dong P11 Star Replacement, serial '531474/ * ', Uncirculated. Very scarce.
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