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Lots (1386)
1890 Reprint of the 1854-55 4a blue and red from the spaced out sheet with SPECIMEN underprint Frame Die II without rosettes or wavy lines in the margins. These were printed in sheets of 12, heavily toned, otherwise fine.
1906 - 1986 British Asia Album with unmounted mint collection (post office fresh) noted: 1955 set of 18 SG (354/371), and many more sets with stength in 50s, 60s, and 70s ideal for expansion.(100s)
1915 ( 7 & 25 May) Two tatty stampless covers to same correspondence in London both with PASSED BY CENSOR / INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE / 41 in red or 23 cancel in violet, with FPO CDS on reverse No.28 & No.311. Both have tatty edges but mainly good strikes of censor h/s.
1955 Printed Alwyn Cooper Ltd NAGPUR illustrated advertising card of a Tiger sent to New York with attractive meter mark for 6a & 4a SCL N-38 in red. Typed message for advertising in a US magazine sent from BIG GAME PROFESSIONAL SHIKARIS. Intr big game hunting company correspondence.
1983 50p brown Ghandi defin in a complete unmounted mint sheet of 100, pen mark and pencil mark in margin otherwise very fine and fresh, SG 1073 Cat £450.
1988 60p black Ghandi defin in a complete unmounted mint sheet of 100, few light bends otherwise very fine and fresh, SG 1320 Cat £175.
Officials: 1913 Wmk Star 10r green and scarlet fine mounted mint example with very fresh appearance, SG O94 Cat £130.
WW2 Censor covers interesting group of ten multi franked covers to USA including 1940 Censored at Hong Kong No. 9, plus additional censor to The Holy Cross Foreign Mission, diff numbered Calcutta triangles incl C/100, useful group.
Bhopal: 1908 Arms design 1a red in a superb imperf block of 4 being a colour trial (actual stamp issued in green) with partial red omitted on 1st two stamps but embossing of relief is intact, very striking and unique, SG 100 var.
Jind: Officials; 1942 GVI 1r grey and red-brown, 5r green and blue both in vertical bottom marginal PAIRS unmounted mint, very fine, SG O83 & O85 Cat £176 for mint.
Nabha: Officials 1885-97 1a brown-purple in a fabulous left side marginal pane of 82 stamps unmounted mint, superb study / reference sheet seldom seen in such big multiples, SG O7.
Nabha: Officials; 1885-97 6a olive-bistre and the rare 6a bistre-brown both hinged mint examples, with part expertising mark on reverse, usual wrinkled gum but very fresh appearance. SG O15/16.
