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1869 Maharao Raja Sheodan Singh's m/s letter on gold leaf speckled personal stationery, unusual and scarce
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1877 1a brown mint block of 28 (4x7) from stone A2 2nd state, row 4-10/8-11, fine and a scarce multiple.
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1877 1a pale reddish brown mint block of 27 (3 x 9, and excluding three stamps cut off at top), from stone C, row 1-10/7-9, showing the matrix of six cliches down the sheet, fine and a scarce multiple.
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1901 1/4 anna emerald-green mint showing variety shading in dagger handle (R 11/1), small paper adherence on reverse, with normal for comparison, an under-catalogued variety in SG, fine and scarce (S.G. £160).
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1888 ½ anna black/rose unused with large margin, thin in margin, fine and scarce (S.G. £180).
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1890-93 1/2 anna dull green unused with the variety "Eeduatory" (R2/4) from Setting I, unevenly cut from the sheet and very close at lower left, under-catalogued in SG, fine (S.G. £130).
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Booklets: 1947 8a booklet with grey tissue covers inscribed "32 STAMPS / VALUE AS. 8", complete, couple of small creases to covers, very fine (S.G. £425)
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1891 ½ anna red perforated lettered 'NWAB' with the error 'SAH' from position (R 2/4) tied with intaglio cancel in diamond on local cover, unpriced in SG catalogue as used, fine and scarce (S.G. £150 for unused).
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1903 8a green-black imperforate with overprinted inverted with the initial of the new Begam in red, used, some tiny imperfections, scarce (S.G. £850), plus 1898 8a black unused, minor bends, fine (S.G. £65).
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1908 4 Annas officials imperfs with normal and inverted overprinted 'service', fine (S.G. £90).
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Officials: 1932-49 group incl. imperf. proofs with 1/4a orange top marginal block of four without overprint, 1/2a pair, 1a pair and single and 4a pair, 1935-36 1/4a on 4a chocolate in used vertical se-tenant pair with 3p on 4a, small split on top stamp (SG £75), and 1944-49 3p bright blue showing va
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1935 Officials ¼ and 3 pies surcharges in vertical pairs on ½ anna yellow-green (toning) and 2 annas ultramarine mint n.h. (mounted in margin only) as blocks of four, fine (S.G. £320).
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1935 Officials 3pies surcharge inverted on ½ anna green mint official and 2 annas ultramarine used, fine (S.G. £215).
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1936-38 Officials 1 anna scarlet imperf-between horizontal pair as used, fine (S.G. £275).
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1944 Officials 2 annas violet and 4 annas chocolate imperf marginals as used, fine (S.G. £300 as imperf. pairs).
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Officials: 1936-49, group mint sheets incl. SG. O333 (two, one missing selvedge), O335 (missing lower selvedge), O344 (S.G. £550+), O346, O347, O350, some minor separation as expected, all in fresh condition, a scarce group of intact sheets (S.G. £1'500+).
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1879 1/2a red unused showing double handstamped printing, unlisted variety, thinned, scarce.
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1894-98 Dagger Issues group of covers and two stamps including forgeries, with three genuine covers incl. S.G.3 single franking on reverse of 1/2a stationery envelope and two S.G.4 1a single frankings on native covers, two forged covers with S.G. 2 or S.G. 7, plus S.G.11 unused and a forgery.
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1914-41 Sacred Cow 1/4a ultramarine, rouletted in colour, type B, complete unused sheet of four, showing the very rare variety printed double, one albino, an important Bundi showpiece (SG £3'200+).
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1914-41 Sacred Cow 4a yellow-olive, rouletted in colour, type E, tied on native registered cover, dated 7 March 1934, some cover stains, roughly opened at left, good colour for this very fine and important Bundi postal history rarity (S.G. £450 for used single).
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1914-41, Sacred Cow 4a bright apple green, rouletted in colour, type E, used single, tied on the reverse of native envelope, dated 12 February 1938, fine and an extremely rare usage (S.G. £500 for used single).
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1914-41, 4a bright apple green, rouletted in colour, type E, used single, tied on the reverse of native envelope, dated 16 February 1938, spike hole at right clear of stamp, fine and an extremely rare usage (S.G. £500 for used single).
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1914-41, 4a bright apple green, rouletted in colour, type E, used single, tied on the reverse of native envelope, dated 17 February 1938, fine and an extremely rare usage (S.G. £500 for used single).
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1914-41 Sacred Cow 1/2a black and 1a bright scarlet, block of three, rouletted in colour, types E, all cancelled on reverse of local native registered cover with negative seal, dated in manuscript 14 June 1933, plus registration slip partly attached with similar seal, an attractive and rare register
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1914-41 Sacred Cow 1/2a black, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, types F, neatly tied on reverse of part native cover (including contents but missing address panel) dated 16 December 1932, very fine and an extremely rare usage, the Benns survey did not record a used example of this stamp (S
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1914-41, 1/2a black, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, types F, neatly tied in combination with India 9p postal card, dated 24 June 1936, very fine and an extremely rare usage, the Benns survey did not record a used example of this stamp (S.G. £350 for used single).
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1914-41, 1/2a black, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, types F, two examples (one overlapping the edge of the envelope) along with 3a chestnut, type A, on large cover sent registered, dated 11 May 1935, registered boxed cachet alongside, very fine and an extremely rare usage, the Benns surv
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1914-41, 4a yellow-green, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, type G, tied by a negative seal on reverse of local native registered cover, dated 31 June 1937, with part orange registered label alongside, an important showpiece (SG £950 for used single).
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1914-41 Sacred Cow 4a yellow-green, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, type G, used single tied on reverse of local native registered cover, dated 1 July 1937, with orange registered label on front, an important showpiece (SG £950 as used single).
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1914-41 Sacred Cows group of four covers (plus two forgeries) incl. 1/2a black, two singles, on medium wove paper, rouletted in colour, types H, and 2a bright apple-green, type I, all tied on reverse of native registered cover by black negative seal; 1/2a black, two pairs, on medium wove paper, roul
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1915-41 Sacred Cows group of stamps incl. Official 5r scarlet and emerald S.G. O27A unused (S.G. £550) and S.G.O27B unused (pulled perf at top) (S.G. £500), Official 1/2a black unused rouletted in colour, type E, with O1 small native overprint in green applied sideways (S.G. O33bA £500), Official 19
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Fiscal usages: Group of 26 documents franked with mostly Sacred Cows issues and some Arms issues, with a variety of frankings, different cancels incl. negative seals, manuscript, thumb-prints, etc., incl. two Court Fee documents, a nice lot for the specialist to study.
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1914-41 Sacred Cows: group of forgeries mounted on three pages and two loose items, with Officials incl. Type F1 forgery Official 2 1/2a chrome-yellow, rouletted in colour, type A, with genuine O1 small native overprint in black on reverse, in re-joined part unused sheet of three (SG O2a), Type F1 f
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1895 1/4a and 1/2a sewing machine perf. mint, 1/2a with thin gum thin otherwise fine (S.G. £238), plus two remainder stamps of the 1R imperf. and 12a perf., each with cert. ISES (2025).
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1895-1901, group of 9 unused stamps incl. 1895 2a orange-yellow perf. with monogram in rose, mint part og, thinned, not priced in SG (genuine perfs?); 1895 1/4a pink perf. with monogram blue, unused, two corner creases and pulled perfs (SG £190); 1895 12a green with monogram in red, unused, small th
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1885-1943 Chamba Indian Convention States stamp sets from all four rulers Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V and King George VI era. Almost all overprint styles for regular and service issues including high values, fine to very fine. A great clean set for beginners with 200+ stamps tough
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1887-95 2r., 3r. and 5r. in brilliant mint NH blocks of four, the 2r and 3r. with a horizontal gum crease not affecting the wonderfully fresh appearance. rare with only 672 of each printed and rare in multiples.
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1897-1945, group of 13 stamps plus a part sheet incl. 1912-17 1p violet uncancelled, affixed to piece, defective but still a presentable example and very rare unused example (SG 27 £1'800), 1897 1/4a magenta purple unused showing variety double print, several creases, not listed by SG (SG 5a var), 1
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1897-1904, accumulation on a stockpage incl. various shades, both numeral types, two double strikes, cancel interest, mostly fine (S.G. £700+).
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1912-17 Handstamp 1p violet, imperf. on laid paper with good margins, used, slightly heavy hinge, fine and rare (S.G. £1'600).
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1930-45 imperf. group on three pages, incl. nearly all shades, some blocks, noted SG43a tête-bêche pair, etc. (S.G. £1'200+).
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1940 1 anna red imperf. on wove paper unused, very fine, fresh and scarce (S.G. £300).
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1930-39 group of 12 covers with mostly sword issues, incl. 1p deep blue perf.11x imperf. SG31c used pair on cover which has been professionally restored; SG35 on cover with tied cds; SG35, SG43 combination franking on native cover with tied cds; SG35 and SG40 on philatelic cover; SG43, SG37 combinat
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1909-19, fabulous group of complete mint sheets incl. 1p orange-brown die I second state incl. the "CHARKHAPI" variety, 1p turquoise blue stone VIII, 1/2a deep rose red die II stone V and 1a in three different shades from stone IV and stone V (the changed 2a stone), in very fine and fresh condition,
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1938 1a Brown Orange (SG70) unused and 1942-44 6p on 1a Type 23 overprint (SG 81a) used with clear design. Perf 13 x 13.5. A set of scarce stamps, fine Ex. Dan Walker (S.G. £240).
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1943 4p green used with clear design and good colour, some creasing, scarce; ex Dan Walker (S.G. £900).
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1933-38 10a colour trial in orange issued were stamps in blue, toned gum, fine with short perfs on top (which apparently all known examples do). Only six examples are known to exist and all examples have short perfs, extremely rare. An important Cochin rarity and exhibition item; ex Dan Walker.
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1911-49, group of complete mint sheets incl. SG27, two SG47 incl. "Pies" variety, SG51 (stuck to interleaving with some missing selvedge), SG55, SG68 (missing selvedge at left), SG76, SG95, SG126, SG082 with wmk inverted (not listed by SG) and SGO93, plus Travancore-Cochin USTC 1a (no margins) with
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Collection: Mint and used accumulation on small stockcards, postage issues and Official overprints, some still on dealers cards, hundreds of stamps, an interesting mix.
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1892-49, collection of postal history written up on album pages incl. five covers with the 1892 issues (two registered), seven covers with the large numeral issues, 106 covers with Raja frankings with a wide range of rates, usages incl. surcharge issues, cancellations, registered incl. postcard, boo
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Accumulation of hundreds of covers, mostly sorted in envelopes with annotations by the collector, with a wide range of frankings and cancellations, with registered, stationery, service/official issues, etc., a great lot for the postal historian.
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Archival CANCELLED overprinted postal stamps of Dungarpur colour trials 1/4a Orange red (unissued colour as issued in orange yellow) and 1/2a in green (unissued colour, issued in vermilion). Also with Court fee stamps of Gwalior state, Sabin state, Balasinor state and Maharwa state, and revenue stam
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1896 1/4a black on orange without control handstamp, unused, cut into at foot otherwise good to huge margins, in the usual condition with only small imperfections, a rarity of the Indian States with less than a dozen thought to exist; cert. RPS (2019) (S.G. £13'000).
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1897-98 issue specialised and comprehensive study written up on two pages, organised by setting and showing type I Ganesh incl. several 1/2a, 1a, 4a black on rose vertical tête-bêche pair, and type II large Ganesh incl. the four values with damaged cliché incl. the 1a black on white on both wove and
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1897-98 1/2 anna blue-green (SG8b,Type II), 1 anna white on horizontal laid (SG9b,Type I), 2 annas yellow (SG10, Type I) and 4 annas rose (SG11, Type I) Very fine and desirable set. (S.G. £213).
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1912? 1/2a black on green roulette x imperf. compete sheetlet of 16 (S.G. £160+) and 1918 1a pink imperf. sheetlet of 16 (S.G. £96), very fine pair.
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1887-1900 Faridkot Indian Convention States stamp sets from Queen Victoria era. Almost all overprint styles for regular and service issues including high values, fine to very fine. A great clean set for beginners with 200+ stamps tough to find all together (S.G. £575).
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1885-1941 Gwalior Indian Convention States stamp sets from all four rulers Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V and King George VI era. Almost all overprint styles for regular and service issues can be seen and all the stamps are fine to very fine. A great clean set for beginners with 190+
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1868-1880 group incl. original issues (3), reissues in fancy colours, perf 12 1/2 (10 plus block of 91), 1 forgery of first issue in black, 2 Nissen & Parker plate proofs circa 1868 before shipping the plate to Hyderabad India; ex Dan Walker.
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1871-1909 1/2a Orange-Brown "Post Stamp" series, Alexander Holland large partial sheet re-construction of the SG13 Plate II with 8 pantograph errors occurring every 15 stamps (pos. 7, 22, 37, 52, 67, 82, 97, 112), a labour of love; ex Dan Walker.
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1871-1909 1/2a Orange-Brown "Post Stamp" perf. 12.5 plate I mint partial sheet of 160 (10x16), partial large top margin and left and bottom margins (no errors are known to exist on plate I); ex Dan Walker.
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1871-1909 1/2a Orange-Brown "Post Stamp" series perf. 12.5 plate II mint partial sheet of 224, three margins, very fine exhibition piece; ex Dan Walker.
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1871-1909 1/2a rose-red pair, used, showing double impression, fine and scarce (S.G. £550).
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1871-1909 1a Grey-Black "Post Stamp" series mint part sheet of 150 (15x10) stamps full margins in right and left perf. 13.5. very scarce in sheet condition, fine exhibition material. Ex. Dan Walker (S.G. £525+)
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1871-1909 1/2a orange-brown group incl. two singles and block of four with Mir Turab Ali Khan, Salar Jung I "SJE " perfins (Salar Jung I was the prime minister and regent of Sixth Nizam, Asaf Jah VI) and a locally addressed registered native cover franked by 10a by India SG44 and SG47x2 to Salar Jun
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1874 2 annas green shades 'post-stamp' varieties - dot at top of central inscription omitted (postage), centre dot in bottom panel omitted (postage & sarkari) and central circle missing (postage & sarkari), tough to accumulate as a set, fine (S.G. £340).
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1874 - 3 annas ochre-brown 'post-stamp' variety character omitted, faults, with normal for comparison, fine (S.G. £85).
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1900 1/4 anna pale-blue showing double entry, one inverted, mint o.g. (toned), a newly listed variety in the 2025 SG commonwealth catalogue, incl. normal for comparison, a very fine exhibit item for Hyderabad (S.G. £200).
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1905 1a blue Bradbury, Wilkinson Co. Essay for SG26P in complete imperf. sheet, unissued colour on thin wove unwatermarked paper. Majority of these sheets were cut up and this one survived intact. Stunning exhibition showpiece, some tone marks minor marginal tears, very fine; ex Dan Walker.
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1949 2p Bistre-Brown perf.13.5 complete mint n.h. sheet with full margins all sides, very fine; ex Dan Walker (S.G. £1440+).
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Accumulation of many hundreds of postal stationery and covers, mostly sorted in envelopes with annotations by the collector, mostly stationery (many uprated) but also a range of franked covers from the 1900s onwards and some pre-stamp, a fabulous lot for the postal historian and well worth sorting t
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1932-43 issues on 18 covers and one fragment, incl. some with the better shade SG1 light-green incl. a block of four, several items still on the original SG stockcards, several registered covers incl. a mixed franking of coloured and white panel issues, mixed condition as to be expected, an attracti
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1886 1/2a collection on 2 album pages including 5 mint copies of SG 1, 10 mint copies (including bottom left sheet corner block of 4 and pair) and 13 used copies of SG 2/2a, 3 covers and one large piece (S.G. 2025 £600+).
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1886-1904 lot with fair representation of issued stamps and strength to expand, all issues of Maharaja Shivaji Rao Holkar, Tukoji Rao Holkar III and Yashwant Rao Holkar II either mint or used condition fair to very good neatly mounted on 26 pages, plus Indore state handbook by N J Harkawat.
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1889-92 1/4a orange imperf. between horizontal pair, used (only known as used), hinge remnant, fine and very scarce, exhibit item (S.G. £1'000).
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1904-20 issue study collection of over a hundred mint and used, includes SG 11b used (£250) and many other late uses up to 1940 (S.G. 2025 £750+).
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1905 1/4a on 1/2a brown-purple group, with four mint incl. sheet corner marginal, 1905 card with single paying postcard rate, 1905 envelope with two examples paying letter rate, a scarce group (S.G. £956).
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1927-37 issue study collection of perforations and printings, with complete mint and used with many blocks showing the four perforations used for different printings 1927 to 1934 including sheet margin and control number blocks, an unrepeatable study collection (S.G. £1'800+).
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1927-37 set of imperforate plate proofs for each value with the 1934 colours, superb ungummed mint as prepared by Perkins Bacon in 1934, includes SG 21a, 23a, 24a and 26a SG £212 and nine others, most likely each only one sheet prepared
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1927 issue with "CANCELLED" perfins in blocks of eight for SG 16-18, 20, 22 and 25-27 perf 13.6 and blocks of six of SG 30-32 perf 13.9; very fine and scarce as only one sheet (80 of anna values and 60 of rupee values) was prepared so only ten such blocks can exist (10 blocks).
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1934 2a bluish green imperf. left marginal strip of three used on piece with 1942 cds, minor staining, very scarce variety (S.G. £350 for imperf. pair).
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1934 group of imperforates, which were ordered imperforate in 1934 and later put into use circa 1937 during a stamp shortage, incl. SG 21a used block of 3, SG 24a single and SG 26a single all used (S.G. total ca.£1'330 equivalent); also plate proofs of 1 rupee in unissued colours: green and red (sin
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1940 Surcharges issue, unrepeatable study collection including complete sheet of SG 33, also various mint blocks and singles including sheet margin blocks with control numbers, pair and strip of 3 of inverted surcharge SG 35a, unlisted misplaced surcharge error of SG 34 in sheet margin pair, unliste
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1940 Surcharges 1/4a on 5R with double surcharge variety (black over green), neatly used, very fine and rare (S.G. £600).
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1940 "HALF ANNA" on 2R with variety misplaced surcharge in mint pair, and "ONE ANNA" on 1¼ anna mint n.h. with surcharge inverted variety, very fine duo (S.G. £200).
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1940-46 Times of India issue study collection including black imperf. plate proof pairs of SG 36, 38 40 and head of 42-43, complete sheet (separated in half) of SG 36, complete mint and used sets with additional shades, SG 39a imperforate pair, etc. (S.G. £1700+ plus rare black proofs).
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Officials: 1904-06 Study collection incl. rare early essay (status unknown) on 1/4 anna, also many blocks, extensive mint and used with a study of perforations (hundreds) (S.G. £180++).
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Officials: 1904-06 issue on page with overprint and imperforate varieties, including S2a ovpt inverted mint, two S2b double ovpt mint, also S2c and S5a imperforate pairs, and S7 mint block of eight and a single, a fine group (S.G. £825+).
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1904 ½ anna lake-brown imperf pair overprinted with SERVICE, fine (S.G. £150).
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Officials: 1904-06 1/2a lake with overprint omitted in pair with normal, mint o.g., very fine and fresh, a rare variety (S.G. £900).
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Accumulation of postal history with over 120 items, many sorted and identified in envelopes by the collector, incl. a couple of pre-stamp, franked covers from SG1 onwards, with better items such as mixed franking with India with Ajmer Dead Letter Office label attached, mixed issue cover sent registe
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1904 1/2a anna pale-blue from plate I, used, small thin, scarce (S.G. £500).
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Jaipur; 1932-46 "POSTAGE" ¾a and 1a (one faulty with a thin spot), each in unmounted mint corner marginal block of ten. SG 59-60 cat. £330.
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1932-37 Rajah - Postage & Service Official Mint complete set incl. 4a, very fine (S.G. £500).
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Accumulation of 100s of used and unused postal stationery cards and envelopes, mostly sorted into envelopes by H&G number, three registered cards incl. one with slip still attached, some mixed usages with India, also Service cards/covers with a few franked covers plus a few pre-stamp covers, a wide
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1877-94, group of 13 covers incl. 1/2a circular orange-red, six covers with imperf. rectangulars incl. 1881 internal cover sent registered, four combination covers with India frankings (2 registered), SG102 on cover and an official cover, an interesting lot.
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1877-78 1/2a black in oil colour on native paper used on small part cover from Jammu to Amritsar, tied by black cancel, with Amritsar arrival and 1a postage due marking, a scarce usage of S.G.74; cert. RPS (2025) (S.G. £2'500 as used single).
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1867-77 1a orange, 2a yellow and 4a emerald-green on native entire, cancelled by Srinigar brick red cancels, attractive three-colour franking; cert. RPS (2025).
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1880 1/4a ultramarine, on thin bâtonné paper, on 1880 concession rate cover, in combination with India with 1/2 anna blue stationery envelope, used in May 1880 being the first month of issue, stamp faulty, an extremely rare usage; ex Dan Walker.
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Telegraphs: 1906-09 Provisionals 1/2a on 1a bright blue and carmine, mint large part o.g., light diagonal crease, a great rarity probably unique in unused condition (Hiscocks 31; S.G. £2'000).
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1890 1/4a anna on two single rate covers and one part QV postal stationary piece, one stamp on cover split by crease (S.G. £200).
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1890 1/4a anna, two examples on double rate native cover and scarce as such (S.G. £300).
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1874 1/2a blue used showing variety no frame to value (retouched all over) from pos.R 4/7, good to large margins, faint bend at left, fine (S.G. £650), plus normal used lower marginal single (thin).
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1882-85 complete unused sheets of 50 of the perf.12 1/4a buff on wove and 4a sage-green on wove, both stone III, fine and scarce intact sheets (S.G. £660+).
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1885-1943 Jind Indian Convention States stamp sets from all four rulers Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V and King George VI era. Almost all overprint styles for regular and service issues can be seen and all the stamps are fine to very fine. A great clean set for beginners with 100+ st
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1904-47, group of 15 covers incl. 1899-1900 1a mauve perf., 1904-10 1/4a on postcard from Arain, 1/2a on cover and 1a + 2a on cover, 1913-16 1a and 1/4a on cover, 1928-36 1/2a single frankings on 4 covers (incl. large book post cover), 2a on cover, and three covers with 1943-47 2a + 1a frankings and
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1899-1900 1a imperf unused group of different shades (SG12/12b/13/14) including the scarcer shade in pink, very fine (S.G. £200).
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1899-1900 1/4a yellow-green perf., unused, light corner crease, scarce (S.G. £600).
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1899-1900 1/4a magenta showing variety doubly printed in unused pair with normal, fine and scarce, not priced by SG.
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1904-10 1/2a chestnut complete mint n.h. sheet of 8x10 stamps, some creases and trivial tones, but remarkably fresh for a such an item, a rare survival. An exhibition showpiece; ex Dan Walker (S.G. £340 as singles).
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1904-10 1a blue complete mint n.h. sheet of 8x10 stamps, some creases and trivial tones, but remarkably fresh for a such an item, a rare survival. An exhibition showpiece; ex Dan Walker (S.G. £640 as singles).
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1904-10 1/2a and 1a proofs on card in various colours, with seven 1/2a (pale green, black on pale blue, purple, blue on pale blue, green on pale green, purple-brown and black on greyish), and four 1a (yellow-brown, red, brown and red-brown (adhesions on surface)).
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1904-10 2a orange yellow perf.13 1/2 in complete mint n.h. sheet of 80, showing a partial offset on the reverse from the 8th column, couple of insignificant bends, fine and scarce intact sheet (S.G. £2'400+).
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1912 2a lilac "TWO ANNA" on thick white chalk surfaced paper, imperf., used, fine to large margins, tiny thin spots and minor surface rubbing, fine and scarce (S.G. £1'200).
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1943 ¼ anna greenish blue on thick soft unsurfaced paper on a full imperforate sheet, scarce as an imperforate sheet, very fine (S.G. £275).
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Collection: 1899-1936, small collection incl. 1899-1900 1/2a lilac imperf. unused with fine to good margins, heavy crease along top with signs of splitting and other minor faults (SG 7 £400), 1899-1900 1/2a slate-blue unused and a used on piece with cds, both four-margined and both with minor faults
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Revenues: Collection of Court Fee stamps incl. archive ledge with 11 imperf. proofs showing different states of engraving (each dated in pencil), with a dozen or so stock pages crammed with used examples incl. some Police Court Fees and several documents.
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1931 3 pies deep-red, ½ anna blue and 2 annas yellow-brown mint from the 1st printing, the scarcer 2a being particularly fresh, very fine and scarce set (S.G. £250).
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1885- 1938 Nabha Indian Convention States 1185-1900 black ovpt set of 15 mint and 1938 KGVI mint set of 18 (large hinge remnants), fine to very fine (S.G. £1'6502).
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1893-94 1/2 anna green, with wavy lines between, showing variety last character in top line omitted (R 4/3), unused, light toning, with normal for comparison, fine and scarce (S.G. £250).
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1876 1 docra slate-blue with harrow-perf 11 (tone spots) and 1 docra blue with line-perf 12½ (small thins), both unused (S.G. £370).
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1913 1/2a green used, fine to large margins, small thin spot, fine (SG £180), and 1914-35 1a scarlet laid paper used, clear to very good margins, light thin, very scarce (SG £1'200), plus two 1939-42 8a magenta with fake cancels.
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1939-42 issues on a pair of covers, one with 1a scarlet block of four and single tied on cover, crease affecting one stamp, fine, cert. BPA (2007); and other with 1a scarlet and 4a slate on re-used envelope with economy label added, reverse with Jatara and Tikamgarh cds.
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1884-1944 Patiala Indian Convention States stamp sets from all four rulers Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V and King George VI era. Almost all overprint styles for regular and service issues can be seen and all the stamps are fine to very fine. A great clean set for beginners with 170+
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1884 1/2a blue-green, opt type 1 in red fine used with Patiala State obliteration, with the variety 'Opt double, one sideways'. A scarce variety with no more than ten examples recorded. Cert. B.P.A. (2002). (S.G. £1400).
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1885 8a dull mauve, type 2 opt in black mint with large part o.g. (light gum bends), with variety 'Wide spacing between lines', Scarce. (S.G. £800).
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1885 4a blue-green, opt type 2 in red mint with large part o.g., with double overprint (in red and black) variety, very fine and fresh (S.G. £450).
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1891-96 1a plum, type 3 opt in black lightly used, with variety 'Patiala' omitted, a fine and scarce item with no more than 201 examples possible (S.G. £600).
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1891-96 3r brown and green, type 3 opt mint with large part o.g., with variety 'Opt double, one albino', very fine and scarce. (S.G. £450).
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1891-96 3r brown and green, type 3 opt mint with large part o.g., with variety 'Opt triple, two albino', a fine example. Scarce. (S.G. £375).
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1903-06 3p pale grey, opt type 3 mint with large part (slightly toned) o.g., with the 'Additional albino opt of Jind', a scarce and seldom offered variety. (S.G. £400).
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1941-46 9p green, opt type 7 in vertical strip of 5 mint with large part original (lightly toned as typical) gum, the lower pair (which is NH) showing variety 'Vert pair, one without opt'. A superb example of this important GVI variety, omitted from the foot of one sheet, thus yielding 16 possible p
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Officials: 1884 2a dull blue Essay mint with large part o.g., the overprint 10mm and more curved, fine and scarce. (S.G. footnote £1700).
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Officials: 1885-90 1/2a blue-green and 2a dull blue (2), unissued with opt in red, also 1a brown-purple (2, one very toned) opt in black, with complete offset of opt in red. Each is opt SPECIMEN (Samuel type 15). Few known, a scarce group.
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Officials: 1885-90 1/2a blue-green opt type O2 used with variety 'Service' double, somewhat soiled but a rare variety with (we believe) just 8 examples recorded (S.G. £900).
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Officials: 1885-90 1a brown-purple opt type O2 mint with large part o.g., showing the scarce 'AUTTIALLA' error, a slightly pulled perf at left but a fine example of this scarce error, thought to be one of only five unused recorded in private hands. (S.G. £1200). Ex Ulrich.
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Officials: 1891-1900 12a purple on red, opt type O4 mint with part o.g., with the variety 'SERV CE', a great rarity, this being the only recorded example (and absent from the Royal Collection). Ex Sturton. Certs. R.P.S. (1987). B.P.A. (2008). (S.G. £9000).
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1948-50, group incl. 1950 1/4a to 1a used (two with imperfections), 1948-49 Kishangarh 1/4a greenish blue imperf. unused lower marginal single, defect at top left corner otherwise fine, cert. BPA (2018), and 1/4a greenish blue perf. unused (2, one a corner marginal) and used (2, one on piece with fa
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1948-50, small collection of singles, pairs and blocks of Rajasthan overprinted stamps from Jaipur and Kishengarh, with Jaipur overprinted Rajasthan incl. SG15, 16, 17, 18, 21 and Kishengarh ovpt Rajasthan SG57b sheetlet, etc., useful mix, very fine.
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1948-49 group of mint sheets incl. 1/4a with black handstamp, 1/2a with violet handstamp, 1a with black handstamp and 2a with machine ovpt, very fine and fresh (S.G. £810+).
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Mixed lot incl. mint sheet of 1929 1a SG51 (S.G. £660), mint sheet of SGO1, postal stationery used and unused, four with 1a green frankings, three with 1924/1929 3p frankings incl. seven on one cover, 20+ covers with 1937 issues incl. two officials, and Saurashtra incl. two SG50 on cover mint half s
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1870 4 annas devanagari numeral on white vertical laid paper unrecorded setting showing variety incomplete third character in top row A, unused, slight thin, a new find and ideal research material for the specialist.
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1868-75 4a Black on white vertically laid paper imperforate used on part native cover, very fine; ex Dan Walker (S.G. £600).
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1949 1a on 1/2a Black and Deep blue Gir Lion design complete sheet with margins 5X8 format. Exhibition page showing all overprint varieties with small V, thick A, small N, reversed N, large A, small O, small E, small V with positional occurrence on the sheet. Some creases and trivial tones, but rema
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1949 1a on 2a Grey and Dull yellow Kathi horse design complete sheet with margins 5X8 format. Exhibition page showing all overprint varieties with no stop after anna, raised stop, small second A, small N, small O positional occurrence on the sheet. Some creases and trivial tones, but remarkably fres
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1949 1a on 1a Purple Bhavnagar Court fee stamp design complete sheet with margins 8x5 format. Exhibition page showing all overprint varieties with small S, small N, small U, small V, small O with positional occurrence on the sheet. Some creases and trivial tones, but remarkably fresh for a such an i
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1949 1a on 3p Black and Blackish Green Junagadh City stamp design complete sheet with margins 5x8 format. Exhibition page showing all overprint varieties with small second A, small V, small S and raised T, broken O, and P of POSTAGE omitted with positional occurrence on the sheet. Some creases and t
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1932-49 officials with surcharges on stock card - scarce accumulation, fine used set (S.G. £350).
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1948 ONE ANNA surcharge on SARKARI ovpt stamps on cover. ONE ANNA in black on SARKARI 4a black and purple stamp (SGO16) on a Secretariat of State cover usage. ONE ANNA in black on SARKARI 8a black and yellow green stamp (SGO17) both on
exhibition page showing clear tied cancels. Very fine postal
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1888-1946 Travancore – Comprehensive and Research-Oriented Collection A remarkable Travancore collection presented on well-crafted album pages, featuring both unused and used examples of nearly all issues, including Service stamps. This is far beyond a typical accumulation — an exhibit-quality holdi
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Accumulation of postal history sorted in envelopes with annotations from the collector, incl. stationery (noted unused 1898 lettercard not priced in Deschl), with about 18 franked covers with early 1900s issues (incl. "TRANOORE" variety), 20+ later issue covers and ca.20 service/official covers.
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Group of mint sheets incl. SG1 and SG2 (no selvedge), SG4 (one stamp missing), SG9, SG11 (one stamp reattached), SG21, SG22, SG31, SG50, a great lot for the specialist (S.G. £1'500+).
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Officials: Group of mint complete and part sheets incl. O3, O5, O6 x2, O10, O52, O54, O85, O106, Travancore-Cochin O8 and O11, plus a few pages with used partial reconstructions, a great lot for the specialist with all the varieties on the overprints and underlying stamps (S.G. £800+).
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Convention States with Chamba unused and used stationery, a few Faridkot including 1/2a stationery envelope used, Jhind unused or used, Nabha, duplicated mainly used Gwalior and Patiala; fair to fine condition (130)
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Accumulation of mainly 1910-40s, both postal history and stationery with many States represented including Cochin, Holkar uprated stationery, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Soruth and Travancore; some unused but mainly used with some mixed condition (Hundreds)
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Mint and used collection of various States in a stockbook incl. Bhopal, Bijawar incl. 1937 4a sheetlet of 6, Bussahir with mostly reprints, Bundi with dagger issues, Charkari with a range of sword issues, a variety of Cochin incl. 1909 2 on 3p with stamps tête-bêche pair and 1942-44 litho Anchal 6p
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1874-1904ca., Assembly of over 50 postal stationery covers, cards & wrappers on SAFE album pages of Chamba, Faridkot, Gwalior, Jhind, Nabha and Patiala, all Queen Victoria, mostly unused (2 used), mostly very fine.
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Small mixed lot of Indian States incl. Orchha 1935 1/4a proof sheet of 42 (2 sheets, one with marginal inscription at foot), Saurashtra 1949 ovpt on 1a mint part sheet of 40 with minor varieties noted, Jaipur 1931-46 1r black and yellow-bistre used with partial cds, ink spots at top, fine (SG £375)
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Revenues: Collection of Indian States revenues and court fees in a large album, a normal album a stockbook and loose, from a wide range of states, some proofs, mint/unused examples from states such as Banganapally, Bhavnagar, Savant Vadi, Kaldar, Morvee, Sikkim, Galior, Idar incl. imperf. between, J
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Revenues: Accumulation of stamped papers and Court Fee documents from Dewas (40+, still in original Robson Lowe folder from 1973), a dozen from Tonk, Jodhpur (with duplication), Sirohi, several Bhopal, Bastar, Alwar, Barwani, Dholpur, Dunagapur, Mewar, Gwalior, plenty of Jaipur and plenty of Bikaner
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Revenues: Group of Waterlow & Sons specimen proof sheetlets of 9 from Morvee, Bhavnagar, Indore, Sirmoor, Holkar and one Court Fee in sheetlet of three, very scarce (6 sheetlets).
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Revenues: Group of three die proofs incl. Savant Vadi Court Fee in blue with surround, Alwar 1a revenue in green on rosette wmk paper, and Indore "Hundi Paper" 1R8a in black, fine and scarce.
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