Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1245
Symbol: #
Cat No: 9 (F&V 9
1886-98 on Local Paper of Good Quality 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 £1880+ (US$1060+) for seven singles & a tete-beche pair. Superb. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 290.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1246
Symbol: CPS
POSTAL HISTORY: Box of mostly internal commercial covers and postal stationery with an array of frankings from Pashupati issues to modern and from post offices across the country, many made from native papers, noted registered, official & airmail items, also a few 1960s-70s Everest Expedition souvenir postcards signed by mountaineers, generally fine to very fine.
(250 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1247
Symbol: CPS
POSTAL HISTORY: 1884-1928 with British India stamps & postmarks comprising 1884 stampless cover from Calcutta to "HH the Maharaja Sir Runoo/.../Primeminister..." with superb 24½mm 'NEPAL/ 27NOV84' arrival backstamp & boxed 'POSTAGE DUE/("2as")' handstamp; 1891 usage of stampless 'On Postal Service/EAST INDIA POST CARD' in pale green/white to 'The Commanding Officer/9th B.I." with a superb strike of the scarce 19mm 'thimble' cds inscribed 'NFPAL/JA2/91', faults; 1904-07 covers x3 & postal stationery Envelopes x4 with all-different 'NEPAL' postmarks comprising bridge-pattern cds x2 (one 'NFPAL'), 'NEPAL/1ST DELY' 25mm or 24½mm (registered), 'NEPAL/2ND DELY' with 2-line date or 1-line date, & 'NEPAL/3RD DELY' with 1-line date (rare); and 1925-28 usages of 31½mm cds on 'On Postal Service' pre-UPU 'Acknowledgment' of receipt of registered letter also with 'NEPAL'-in-Box handstamp, Registration Receipt and 'A.R. Receipt for Inland or foreign Telegrams'; generally fine (12 items); also 1896-1905 internal stamped mail including three covers with imperf 1a indigo SG10 and two covers with 1a blue with recut frames SG26, one of which has a manuscript notation of "//74//" in Devanagri, signifying an unauthorised opener of the mail will be cursed with the sin of slaughtering 74 sacred cows! (17 items).
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