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Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
2221 Obl Hellrigl #43b, c imageHellrigl #43b, c, 1917-30 4a Bluish green on native paper, imperforate, tete-beche pair, setting 11, state 3-4, used bottom right irregular block of 24 (5x5 less the bottom left stamp), positions 28-32/61-64, a heavy impression on this paper being probably the 4th state, inverted cliche in position 54 and a very heavily impressed cliche in position 56, well clear to large margins all around, Birganj telegraph cancels, very fine and nice position piece of this late printing (Scott #17, a; $1,960.00+; S.G. #41, a; £917+). (Image) Est. $400-500

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction
2222 Obl Hellrigl #43f, g imageHellrigl #43f, g, 1917-30 4a Yellow green on native paper, imperforate, tete-beche pair, setting 11, state 2, used right half sheet of 33 with extra position at top left positions 4-8/61-64, this state of setting 11 is characterized by being in the telegraph period with quite clear Birganj telegraph cancels, an inverted cliche in position 54 and a normal impression of the cliche in position 56 which is not yet heavily impressed, large margins all around, bright color , very fine; a sizable multiple of this 2nd state (Scott #17, a; $2,520.00+; S.G. #41, a; £1,162+). (Image) Est. $400-500

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction
2223 ngbl Hellrigl #43f, g imageHellrigl #43f, g, 1917-30 4a Yellow green on native paper, imperforate, tete-beche pair, setting 12, unused right margin block of four, positions 47-48/54-56, position 56 being the inverted cliche, without gum as issued, large to extra-large margins all around, fresh color and paper, nice impression that confirms the inverted cliche, very fine; this is an exceptionally rare tete-beche pair that is not reflected by the catalog values; position 56 is found inverted in setting 12 only this makes tete-beche pairs of this position at least as rare as the 1a green error of color which also exists only in setting 12, the setting is confirmed in this block by the misalignment of position 56 that only exists in setting 12; identifiable tete-beche pairs different than position 54 are extremely rare (Scott #17, a; $490.00; S.G. #41, a; £452). (Image) Est. $200-300

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
2224 ng Hellrigl #37 imageHellrigl #37, 1917-30 1a Yellow green error of color with recut frame, imperforate, setting 12, position 8, top right corner margin single being the inverted cliche of the 1a value inserted into the 4a Green sheet, a very handsome example with large selvage and margins all around, extremely fine; a very rare error of color caused by the substitution of a cliche of the incorrect value; only 50-60 mint examples of this error are believed to exist; 1984 Hellrigl certificate (Scott #17b; $500.00); S.G. #41b; £700). (Image) Est. $200-300

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction
2225 ngbl Hellrigl #43f, 37a imageHellrigl #43f, 37a, 1917-30 4a Yellow green and 1a Yellow green error of color with recut frame, imperforate, tete-beche pair, setting 12, positions 7-8/15-16, unused top right corner block of four, without gum as issued, position 8 is the 1a value error of color and being inverted is tete-beche with adjacent 4a values (the standard catalogs do not price this in pairs with the 4a value), large selvage and margins all around, attractive bright color on fresh thin native paper, very fine and choice; a rare error and even rarer in multiples with the 4a values (Scott #17, c; $710.00+; S.G. #41, b; £778+). (Image) Est. $300-400

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
2226 ngbl Hellrigl #43h, 37c imageHellrigl #43h, 37c, 1917-30 4a Dark green and 1a Dark green error of color with recut frame, imperforate, tete-beche pair, setting 12, positions 6-8/14-16, unused top right corner block of six, (3x2) without gum as issued, position 8 is the 1a value error of color and being inverted is tete-beche with adjacent 4a values, deep color and a scarcer shade on fresh thin native paper, immense wide selvages and ample to large margins on the other two sides, very fine; a very rare and desirable error multiple; only 50-60 examples of the 1a error of color believed to exist; 1984 Hellrigl certificate (Scott #17, c; $858.00+; S.G. #41, b; £830+). (Image) Est. $400-500

CLOSED
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2227 ngbl Hellrigl #43f, g, 37a imageHellrigl #43f, g, 37a, 1917-30 4a Yellow green and 1a Yellow green error of color with recut frame, imperforate, nearly complete sheet of 58, lacking the bottom left block of six of being a full sheet, setting 12, unused without gum as issued, position 8 is the 1a value error of color and being inverted is tete-beche with adjacent 4a values, in addition this contains two of the three inverted 4a cliches of this setting in positions 54 and 56, selvages are full and wide, attractive bright yellow green color on fresh thin native paper, very fine; a rare error and valuable multiple (Scott #17, c; $4,910.00+; S.G. #41, b; £2,878+). (Image) Est. $500-750

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
2228 ngbl Hellrigl #43f, g, 37a imageHellrigl #43f, g, 37a, 1917-30 4a Yellow green and 1a Yellow green error of color with recut frame, imperforate, complete sheet of 64, setting 12, a wonderful mint sheet of this unique setting, without gum as issued, position 8 is the 1a value error of color and being inverted is tete-beche with adjacent 4a values, in addition this setting is characterized by having three inverted 4a cliches in positions 54, 56, 57, all previous settings of this value had only position 54 inverted, this desirable full sheet has enormous mostly untrimmed selvages, the paper is typically thin but quite uniform and fresh, bright yellow green color and a fairly clear impression making the inverted cliches easier to identify, very fine and choice; several sheets were found by E. A. Smythies of this setting which are only know mint; a wonderful exhibition item for any important collection of Nepal (Scott #17, c; $5,540.00+; S.G. #41, b; £3,382+). (Image) Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2229 ngbl Hellrigl #43f, g, 37a imageHellrigl #43f, g, 37a, 1917-30 4a Yellow green and 1a Yellow green error of color with recut frame, imperforate, complete sheet of 64, setting 12, another mint sheet of this desirable setting, without gum as issued, position 8 is the 1a value error of color and being inverted is tete-beche with adjacent 4a values, three inverted 4a cliches are found in positions 54, 56, 57, wide balance selvages all around, attractive bright yellow green color on fresh thin native paper, impression is fairly clear, very fine and rare (Scott #17, c; $5,540.00+; S.G. #41, b; £3,382+). (Image) Est. $750-1,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
2230 ngbl Hellrigl #43f, g var., 37 imageHellrigl #43f, g var., 37a var., 1917-30 4a Yellow green and 1a Yellow green error of color with recut frame, pin-perforated, complete sheet of 64, setting 12, a lovely perforated example of this scarce setting, unused, without gum as issued, position 8 is the 1a value error of color and being inverted is tete-beche with adjacent 4a values, three inverted 4a cliches are found in positions 54, 56, 57, large well balance selvages all around, strong color and a fairly clear desirable impression, very fine; though the various values in the telegraph period were not normally perforated, Smythies noted contemporaneously that a few sheets were found pin-perforated as earlier issues had been, he speculated that this was done in trial; whether trials or privately done this variety is a nice addition to a specialized collection (Scott #17, c var.; $5,540.00+; S.G. #41, b var.; £3,382+). (Image) Est. $750-1,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
2231 ngbl Hellrigl #43h, i var. 37c Hellrigl #43h, i var., 37c var., 1917-30 4a Dark green and 1a Dark green error of color with recut frame, pin-perforated, complete sheet of 64, setting 12, another perforated sheet of this last setting, this lacking perforations between selvages and the stamps all around, lending credence to the trial perforation theory of Smythies, unused without gum as issued, position 8 is the 1a value error of color and being inverted is tete-beche with adjacent 4a values, three inverted 4a cliches are found in positions 54, 56, 57, large well balance selvages all around, this sheet is also in the scarcer dark green color, very fine and rare (Scott #17, c var.; $5,540.00+; S.G. #41, b var.; £3,382+). Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2232 ngbl Hellrigl #44, a, c, d Hellrigl #44, a, c, d, 1928-30 1a Grey blue-Bright Ultramarine on native paper, plate II complete sheet collection of three imperforate sheets in grey blue, dark blue and pale ultramarine, and three sheets with trial pin-perforations in grey blue, pale ultramarine and bright ultramarine, each sheet is composed of 64 stamps as before but now designated as plate II as this issue was made up as a single plate and no longer as a setting of 64 cliches, unused without gum as issued, each sheet has large balanced margins, a few folds are present between rows, usually one horiz. fold in the center of the sheet, fine-very fine (Scott #29, c; $5,664.00; S.G. #42, a: £4,416+). Est. $750-1,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
2233 ngbl   1898-1930 Large mint collection of over 600 stamps, mostly in singles and pairs but including a few larger blocks, collected by shade as listed in Hellrigl, without gum as issued, over half of the stamps are in the postal issues but a much large percentage of the value is in these issues as well, with well over half of the total value in the 1898-1907 imperforate and pin-perforated postal issues on poor quality paper but still fairly decent impressions (S.G. #13-21), there are 26 tete-beche pairs in this section and over 50 tete-beche pairs in total, other postal issues include the early issues of the ½a Black and the 1a Blue imperforate and pin-perforated recut frame issues, the telegraph period has over 250 stamps including some larger blocks but a much smaller portion of the value even though mint stamps of this period can be elusive as most were used with telegraph cancels, there are six used ½a Red orange (the only used in the collection; accompanied by four Hellrigl certificates), one nice feature that is found throughout are the plate positions that show the various plate flaws that are found in the different values, condition overall is quite clean, a few faults are to be expected in a collection of this size but the vast majority are fine-very fine or better; a wonderful mint collection for varieties and the study of these issues; accompanied by 26 Hellrigl certificates (Scott #7/29A; S.G. #13/42; well in excess of £40,0000). Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2234 Obl   1881-1907Substantial postally used collection of over 700 stamps, all with postal cancels and often identified by the type of cancel and the town name, the collection starts with three 1a Blue and seven 2a Purple on European wove paper, all imperforate, another eleven of the early printings on good quality native paper which are decidedly scarcer than the later issues, there is a substantial section of the later 1889-98 printings on good quality paper as well as the 1898-1907 issues on poor quality paper including some pin-perforated issues, there is a selection of the 1a Blue with recut frame including one imperforate example on European wove paper, we note nineteen tete-beche pairs which are scarcer than the analogous mint pairs, there are a few strips and blocks including several blocks of the 1889-98 4a Green (one accompanied by 1984 Hellrigl certificate), such large franking likely used on parcels, in addition to the identification of the cancels there are also a number of identified positions with plate flaws, plus there is a nice range of shades, condition varies as is to be expected as used are often difficult to find without faults \because they often did some rather rough postal service, still fine-very fine are found throughout; a valuable collection well worth examining (Scott #4/23b; S.G. #4/27; over £40,000). Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2235 Obl   1917-30 Massive telegraph period used collection/accumulation Est. $10,000-15,000

SOLD for $8,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2236 nh/ogOc   Nepal twentieth century mint and used collection/accumulation, includes a very comprehensive collection in Scott Specialty album with mint issues to 2008 including better early commemorative and definitive never hinged sets, also a number of pages with specialized collection of the various Siva Mahadeva issue, with multiples up to full sheets, varieties and proofs plus even a few covers, includes other miscellaneous issues and items, fine-very fine; examine. Est. $500-750

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
2237 nh/ogOblc   Nepal Officials specialized collection in large binder, contains all the officials including the unissued and remaindered values of the last issue (Scott #O1-15; see footnote after #O15), mint and used singles, plus numerous multiples including all values in full sheets as well as some additional half and quarter sheets, the first issue sheet size is 224 stamps for the lower values and 160 for the higher denominations so in total there are hundreds of complete sets, the later issue and unissued values are collected in the same way, in addition to the great hoard of stamps there are over 75 official covers with official franking, o.g., nearly all are never hinged, fine-very fine. Est. $500-750

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
2238 Pc   imageWerner #1aP, 1887 2p Postal card, black die proof on European thin surfaced card, an attractive lightly typographed proof that at first glance appears lithographed but careful examination shows the telltale typographic spread, card measures 172x109mm, all of the elements correspond with the very first state of the postal card showing in particular the first state of the horse, in addition this appears to have been a working proof of the printer as a small extraneous extension to the top left ornament is circled in ink to be corrected on the die, very fine; this is a unique proof of the Nepal's First Postal Card mentioned by Werner in his Catalogue of Postal Stationery and a lovely exhibition piece; ex-Haverbeck (H&G #1P). (Image) Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2239 ogc Werner #5a imageWerner #5a, 1887-1904 2p Red and black postal card, mint example of this very rare type distinguished by having horse type 5 with six words and erect vowel, the last being the key factor separating it from the common Werner #3 (H&G #15) which has a slanting rather than erect vowel, very fine; this is an extremely rare card rated RR by Werner of which only six to ten mint examples are believed to exist (H&G #18; 1980 price $500.00). (Image) Est. $200-300

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
2240 ogc Werner #5bd imageWerner #5bd, 1887-1904 2p Red and black postal card, a mint example of this rare variety that is not listed in Higgins & Gage, in its elements it is the same as the scarce card Werner #5bc (H&G #17) only it has a double frameline around the card, the outer frameline is only slightly larger than a normal single frameline card, the inner line is smaller than a normal frameline causing the stamp and the corner ornaments to be very close to it, very fine; there is one other card type with double frameline listed by Werner, both are extremely rare and unlisted in Higgins & Gage; this card is rated RRR by Werner with only two to five mint examples believed to exist. (Image) Est. $400-500

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

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