Online Auction December 2024 - 606

Bids to be received by Sunday 29th of December 2024 9:30 AM

Lots (1008)

Lot 469
India

1854 Die II ½a pale blue (shade) very fine large four margins unused without gum as issued, watermarked position from the middle of the sheet showing lions head and tail. Fine and scarce, SG 6.

Estimate £ 200.00
Lot 470
India

1855 Die III ½a blue in a fine strip of three with good to large margins on three sides, just touching on middle stamp, neatly cancelled three strikes of 158 diamond barred numeral, scissor cut vertically into first stamp margin otherwise fine. Scarce multiple. SG 8a.

Estimate £ 175.00
Lot 471
India

1862 Cover Calcutta to Edinburgh bearing 2a dull pink and 4a black tied octagonal cancels with INDIA / PAID two line boxed h/s in red on obverse, two GPO cds in red and Edinburgh arrival backstamp. Original letter written inside the envelope.

Estimate £ 200.00
Lot 472
India

1880 Cover Ledbury (UK) to Madras Railway India bearing GB QV 2½d blue pl.18 vertical pair tied Ledbury 446 cancel and nice backstamps SEAPOST OFFICE C & G.P.O. OVERLAND MAIL / MADRAS. Mainly sound.

Estimate £ 25.00
Lot 473
India

1891-4 Two postal stationery envelopes 2a6p on 4a6p yellow to Freiburg or UK one cancelled COCHIN squared circle, other DEHRA DUN squared circle, both fine. (2).

Estimate £ 28.00
Lot 474
India

1894 2a blue registered postal stationery envelope uprated on the front with another 2a ultr. both cancelled with unusual dotted circle cancel with dotted REG. DEHRA 15 OCT 94 cancels, with boxed R / DEHRA DUN in black, addr to Bombay. Scarce cancel, uniquely made by the postmaster?, short period of use?

Estimate £ 36.00
Lot 475
India

1895 2r carmine and yellow-brown very fine hinged mint, fresh, SG 107.

Estimate £ 40.00
Lot 476
India

1904 China Expeditionary Force: Chinese lady coloured postcard to UK bearing CEF ovpt on 1s plum tied light FPO No.4 cds and BASE OFFICE B cds at Tientsin. Few minor stains otherwise sound.

Estimate £ 50.00
Lot 477
India

1905 China Expeditionary Force Peking picture postcard to Bombay Residency India bearing QV 3p carmine neat used FPO 1 cancel of Peking with BASE OFFICE B cds alongside, then transit TUTIOORIN and KIRKEE cds's on obverse.

Estimate £ 100.00
Lot 478
India

1948 First Anniv. of Independence 10r purple-brown and lake hinged mint, fresh, SG 308.

Estimate £ 110.00
Lot 479
India

1948 First Anniversary of Independence Ghandi set of four affixed into a creased official folder with an obituary of Ghandi's life and achievements. SG 305/308.

Estimate £ 300.00
Lot 480
India

Mint assembly in an old time exercise book with better sets incl 1952 Saints & Poets set (Cat £55), 1951 Survey blk of 4 mint, 1950 Inaugurations et, 1949 UPU, 1949 defins to 1r, nice little lot.

Estimate £ 60.00

Lots (1008)