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  • Lot# : 1520 India

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    Catalogue# : 6,7
    India 1854: ½ a. blue, Die III, eight stamps in a variety of shades, a few with retouches. A generally fine group.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1521 India

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    Catalogue# : 19+21+22
    1854: 4 a. blue & red, five square cut examples with different head and frame dies, fine to broad margins incl. Head Die III & Frame Die I cancelled by St. Thomas's Mounts 'C/112' diamond of dots.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1522 India

    India used abroad - Aden 1854/72: Collection on leaves with study of the "124" numeral obliterator with India 1854 4 a. blue & red, cut round, with fine strike, 1855 4 a. black on blue glazed paper (3), 8 a. on blued paper, 1860 8 p. on blued paper and 1866 scarce 6 a. purple usages, Cantonment and Steamer Point usages, multiples and a cover etc. A fine lot (95 items).
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1523 India

    1801/59: Stampless covers (4) with 1801 outer letter sheet to Scotland cancelled on reverse with fine strike of oval "Bengal / G.P.O./POST PAID" in black with date in manuscript, 1844 Overland Mail entire "per Seaforth", 1858 cover to Scotland and 1859 cover from Pondichery to Bordeaux with manuscript "Received in Bombay 12 Sept '59 forwarded on same day by Skinner & Co.".
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1524 India

    1866/1903: Lot five covers and four stationeries incl. 1866 three-colour franking with blue 'B/1' cancellation to Switzerland, signed Holcombe and two other multi-colour items.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1525 India

    1906/39(ca.): Lot 36 covers and postal stationery, incl. QV stationery envelopes with add. frankings sent primarily to Switzerland. A fine lot.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1526 India

    India used abroad - Sharjah / Dubai 1942: Covers or large part covers (8, bearing 30 stamps), all ex Dubai (two with Sharjah return addresses), with variety of frankings incl. India 2 a. 6 p. violet tied by Dubai wavy lined handstamp, registered cover with 1940/42 ½ a. violet on reverse, condition varies.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1527 India

    1932/34: Airmail Flight covers (5), with 1932 Karachi-Madras Flight with 3 a. 3 p. franking cachet at right, illustrated covers flown on Ahmedabad - Bellary and Karachi - Bombay legs of Flight similarly franked; Calcutta-Karachi Flight cover (July 1933) and Calcutta-Madras Flight cover (Feb 1934).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1528 India

    Various Indian States 1866/1938: Box including 1889 Indore ½ a. black on pink (Type I), used on reverse of internal cover (Opinion Holcombe 1991), Jammu & Kashmir collection in small red vintage album (some forgeries noted), Jaipur covers with early official correspondence showing clear strucks of  intaglio seals in black, red or violet, Soruth collection on leaves as well as Travancore collection with first issue used and thereafter largely complete, including Officials. A generally fine and appealing lot.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1529 India

    Indian States The collection with Chamba 1887 set of 15 mint, 1903 set mint, 1913 mint, 1927 set mint, 1887 Official set mint; Faridkot 1887 mint, 1887 Official set mint; exceptional Gwalior with 1885 13 mm set of three used and 2 a. mint, 1885 set of eight (15 mm & 17 mm spacing) mint, set of eight with Hindi opt. 15 mm long mint (Gi 4b/11b), red opt. with sets of both settings, 1885-97 set to 5 r. mint, 1899/1911 set to 5 r. mint, 1928/33 set of sixteen mint, Officials with transposed character varieties mint, 1927/35 set mint; Jind with 1885 ½ a. opt. inv. used, 1885 red opt. 1 r. mint, 1886/99 set to 3 r. mint, 1927/37 25 r. mint, fine Officials inc. 1885 red opt. mint; Nabha 1887/1900 set of fifteen mint, 1 a. 6 p. with missing "N" in "Nabha" variety mint, later sets mint to 5 r., Official 1885 set mint, Patiala with 1884 4 a. and 1 r. mint, 8 a. with red & black opt. mint, 1891 high values mint, Officials with 1884 1 a. double opt. used, together with duplicates and multiples throughout, also Feudatory States with some multiples etc. Gi = £ 10'000+.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 6,000 CHF
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