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1879-80 envelopes (4) ex the Griffith correspondence to France, one franked at 5a. cancelled by Jacobabad "L" duplex, the others franked at 3a. or 4 1/2a. cancelled by diamond of bars and with transit c.d.s. on reverse, 1880 envelope from England to a member of the Kabul Field Force franked at 5d. and 1880 soldier's envelope from Peshawar to England bearing 8p. with "1" duplex and showing Southampton Ship Letter c.d.s., also 1919 Third Afghan War registered envelope and card in to Peshawar. Condition mixed though an interesting group £250-300
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1879-87 eighteen envelopes, mostly with contents and connections to the war, including 1879 from Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (Foreign Secretary, Government of India) to London and Suffolk (this with contents relating to the war, Lady Cavagnari, etc.), 1879 from Jelalabad to Peshawar, 1880 ex the Sandbach correspondence to 1st. Division Kabul Field Force, Kabul, 1880 from Marlborough House to Lady Cavagnari at Hampton Court, 1880 ex the Sandbach correspondence from Kandahar to Chatham, etc., chiefly fine. An interesting group £400-500
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1880 (23 Jan.) envelope from London to Kandahar, via Brindisi, franked 6d. grey Plate 16 (pair), on reverse Sea Post Office (29.1) and Candhar (24.2) transit and arrival datestamps; some small perimeter faults but a scarce double rate envelope. Photo £150-200
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1880 (9 April) envelope, ex the Sandbach correspondence, from London to the Harza Mountain Battery, 1st. Division Cabul Field Force, franked 2 1/2d. blue, Plate 17 (2), on reverse "sea/post office" (15.4) and "kabul" (10.5) transit and arrival markings, fine. Photo £100-150
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1880 (17 Dec.), local envelope from Jelalabad to Peshawar, franked on reverse India 1/2a. blue with Jelalabad duplex cancellation; fine £80-100
| 1919 Third Afghan War | |
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Three India 1/4a. postal stationery cards, addressed to Baraul from Meerut, Delhi from Hiti and Peshawar from Delhi, also 1/2a. envelope registered from Kulach to Peshawar, additionally franked 2a. on reverse, all with "passed by censor" and numeral; fine and rare £300-350
| 1871-72 Dated 1288 | |
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Plate A Shahi black [15], on native cover with red cancellation and usual "cut" corner. S.G. 1. Photo £100-120
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Plate A Shahi black, nineteen used examples, including complete reconstruction, three on covers, also ten from other plates. Usual mixed condition. S.G. 1 £400-500
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Plate B Shahi and Sanar black, nineteen examples, including reconstruction of the fifteen types, used except one Sanar unused, one on cover (dubious), usual mixed condition. S.G. 2, 5 £250-300
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Plate C Shahi, Sanar and Abasi black, collection of thirty-seven, including complete reconstruction of fifteen types (ex Dietrich), Abasi unused pair and strip of five, Sanar on cover with "bite", usual mixed condition. S.G. 3, 6, 8 £350-400
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Plate C Shahi [6], large margins and showing portions of an adjoining stamp, used with India 1/2a. blue on reverse of native cover from Nowshera to Kabul, via Peshawar, usual "bite"; fine and a rare combination cover. S.G. 3. Photo £500-600
Provenance: Horst Dietrich, November 2003
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Plate D Shahi, Sanar and Abasi black, twenty-six used examples, including partial reconstruction of twelve types, Abasi (2) on cover to Peshawar, Abasi and Sanar on part cover from Peshawar, Sanar (with red seal cancellation) on cover from Peshawar, Shahi on cover from Kabul to Peshawar, etc., mixed condition £200-250
| 1872-73 Dated 1289 | |
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6 shahi [3-4] and 1 rupee [1-2] reddish purple, reconstructed sheet of four, unused, all cut square and with large margins all round, some faults, as are usually associated with this issue, but fine to very fine for these. [2] with R.P.S. Certificate (1998). 10-11. Photo £1,200-1,500
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6 shahi reddish purple [3], unused, mostly large margins, a little thinned, fine for this issue. S.G. 10. Photo £250-300
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6 shahi reddish purple [4], unused, good to large margins, a few tiny faults but fine for this issue. S.G. 10. Photo £300-400
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6 shahi reddish purple [4], unused, small faults, fine for this issue. S.G. 10. Photo £250-300
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6 shahi reddish purple [4], tied to reverse of native cover by the usual mud and rifle oil daub and with "bite" (or damage to the cover?); extremely rare. S.G. 10. Photo £600-800
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6 shahi [3-4] and 1 rupee [1], used, [1 and 4] with the usual mixture of mud and rifle oil cancellations, [3] with the seal of the Afghan postmaster in Peshawar, [4] with large margins, faults as usually associated with this issue but extremely rare. S.G. 10-11. Photo £700-800
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1 rupee reddish purple [2], unused, large margins, insignificant paper irregularities but a very fine example of this rare stamp and in wonderful condition for this issue. S.G. 11. Photo £800-1,000
| 1873-74 Dated 1290 With Corner Ornaments | |
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Shahi black, reconstructed unused sheet of fifteen, including block of six [1-3/4-6] with right hand ornament roughly restored variety [6], face redrawn [10], etc., chiefly fine. S.G. 12, 12b £100-150
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Shahi black, collection on pages. sixty-two stamps and two covers, including two blocks of six [1-3/4-6] and [4-6/7-9] each with variety right hand ornament roughly restored [6], block of ten (2 x 5), varieties with right hand corner ornament roughly restored [6] unused single, in pair with normal and another pair with normal on front, etc., chiefly fine for these. S.G. 12, 12b £400-500
| 1873-74 Dated 1290 Without Corner Ornaments | |
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Shahi black, complete unused sheet of sixty types on paper with "leschalles" watermark (reversed), horizontal fold; fine. S.G. 13 £150-200
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Shahi black, sixty-five stamps and three covers, including unused blocks of eight [25-28/31-34], twelve [1-3, 7-9, 13-15, 19-21, 25-27] and fifteen [4-6, 10-12, 16-18, 22-24, 28-30], etc., chiefly fine for these. S.G. 13 £200-250
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Shahi dull purple [3], unused, with some manuscript markings as is usual, large margins and fine for this. Rare. See footnote after S.G. 13. Photo £200-250
| 1874-75 Dated 1291 | |
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Abasi, 1/2 rupee, 1 rupee black, a complete reconstructed sheet of fifteen, including rupee two pairs (overlapping), unused, some small faults but fine for these. S.G. 15-17 £500-600
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1 rupee black, vertical strip of five [3, 6, 9, 12, 15] unused, fine for these. S.G. 17. Photo £120-150
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Collection on pages, thirty-two stamps, including Abasi (2), 1 rupee vertical strip of four [3, 6, 9, 12], etc., chiefly unused and fine for these. S.G. 15-17 £200-300
| 1875-76 Dated 1292 | |
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Purple, reconstructed sheet comprising Abasi vertical strip of five, Sanar block of ten (2 x 5) including "senna" variety [2, 5] and wide outer circle [15]; unused, a few minor imperfections but rare. S.G. 20, 20a, 21. Photo £300-350
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Selection of twenty four, including black Sanar (4 unused), Purple Abasi (unused with a pair), Sanar wide circle [15 (3)], etc., unused and used, mixed condition £300-400
| 1876-77 The "Tablet" Issue | |
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Black 1/2 rupee, vertical strip of three [16, 20, 24], unused, touched at left, [16] thinned and [20] torn through and rejoined, nevertheless an extremely rare multiple from this issue with no larger units known. S.G. 27. Photo £500-600
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Black 1/2 rupee [16] unused, rupee [8] with bite, purple 1/2 rupee [20 and 24], 1 rupee [4 and 12], chiefly unused, good to fine. S.G. 27-28, 35, 36-37 £500-600
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Purple partial reconstruction (15) comprising Shahi type I [5, 9], Shahi type II [13, 18, 22], Sanar [23], yak abasi [3], abasi [7, 11], 1/2 rupee [16, 20, 24], yak rupee [4], 1 rupee [8, 12], seven used or with bite, chiefly good to fine. S.G. 30-37 £500-600
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Rupee purple, vertical pair [8, 12], unused, margins all round, horizontal fold between, fine and scarce. Plated by Holcombe. S.G. 36. Photo £150-200
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Purple 1 rupee and rupee, vertical pair [4, 8], unused, touched and a little ragged at top; fine and scarce. S.G. 36, 37. Photo £200-250
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Purple rupee [8], cut square on thick card paper and without "bite", uncancelled on reverse of cover from Kabul to Peshawar; very fine and a great rarity. S.G. 36. Photo £2,000-2,500
Provenance: M. Burrus
Major Adrian Hopkins, May 1988
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1876-77 First "Post Office" issue, mint and used collection on pages, ninety-five stamps, including reconstructed composite sheet of forty, Kabul greenish grey abasi (2), 1/2r., 1r., Tashkurgan brown Sanar on watermarked paper, three covers, etc., mixed condition £150-200
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1877-78 Second "Post Office" issue, 100+ stamps, including Kabul grey-green reconstructed composite sheet of forty, etc., mixed condition £100-150
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1878 Third "Post Office" issue, mint and used collection, mostly well written up on pages, 200 stamps, including Shahi black sheet of forty on Britannia in Crowned oval watermarked paper, Peshawar grey composite sheet of forty, Tashkurghan purple Shahi sheet of forty, Sanar strip of five, etc., mixed condition £200-250
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1878 "Skeleton" issue, mint and used collection, well written up on pages, 130+ stamps, including unused blocks of five, ten and fifteen, sheet of forty, three covers, etc., mixed condition with dubious included £150-200
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1880-90 Watercolour circulars, mint and used collection, mostly well written up on pages, over 160 stamps, including twenty-seven covers, shades, coloured papers, etc., mixed condition £300-400
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1891-1989 a duplicated, mostly mint collection housed in six stockbooks contained in a carton, thousands, including 1909-19 1a. blue sheet of fifty, 2a. yellow (100+), 1r. bistre (19), 1924 Independence 10p. chocolate (used), 1929-31 15p. sheet of eighteen, 1931 Independence 20p. (19), 1932 Council 3a. (12), 1934-38 (52 mint), 1938 Parcel Post 3a., 1937-47 Air, 1948 Child Welfare set in corner blocks of four, 1948 United Nations 1a. 25 (7), 1950 Child Welfare 125p. blocks of four, eight and nine, 1950 Obligatory Tax 1a. 25, 1951 Obligatory Tax set (16), 1952 Obligatory Tax surcharge set in blocks of four, 1957-62 3a. block of four, 1960 Olympic Games miniature sheet (92), 1961-64 Agency issues with miniature sheets, etc., chiefly fine. Also a few earlier issues in very mixed condition £1,000-1,500
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1891-92 first rectangular issue, collection on pages, 226 stamps, including 1a. on local cover (2), prepared for use but not issued Registration 1r. block of twelve including tête-bêche pair, etc., mixed condition £60-80
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1892-93 and 1898 prepared for use but not issued, mint and used collection, partly written up on pages, many hundreds, including nineteen covers, blocks, etc., mixed condition £400-500
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1894-95 small mint and used collection, twenty-three stamps, including 2a. on reverse of cover, tied by red Batilla cancellation, 2b. missing character variety (4), printed double, etc., mixed condition £80-100
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1907-08 Definitives, mint and used collection, well written up on pages, over 400 stamps, including imperforate 1a. (43 used and another nine on covers), 2a. blocks of four (2), six, sheets of eighteen (7), 1r. blocks of four (5, two are used), eight (2), twelve and sixteen (2), Zigzag roulette 1a. (2 used and another 2 defective), perf. 12 1a. (3 mint), 2a. sheet of sixteen, etc., also 1906-07 five stampless "Batila" covers; chiefly fine and an interesting group £400-450
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1907-98 a valuable accumulation of approximately 2,200, mostly commercial covers and cards contained in a carton, including 1928 cover to Germany franked 1927 New Currency 15p., 60p. (on reverse) and India 1a., 2a. on the front, extensive ranges of the 1932, 1934-38 and 1939-47 definitive issues, air mails, censored, registered, officials, newspaper, first day covers, combination frankings, miniature sheets, some fronts, mixed condition but a most interesting group £1,500-2,000
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1908-2003, a well presented and informatively written up collection of over 320 covers and cards housed in three file boxes contained in a carton, including 1908 to Queta with green "queta/unpaid" arrival (6), registered, air mails, combination frankings (24) with 1932 air mail cover from Kabul to Paris bearing 80p., India 1a., Air 4a. (2) and Taxed 30c. on arrival, 1922 internal cover from Kabul to Mazar-i-Sharif with the special postmark of Mazar-i-Sharif, incoming mail, postage due with 1924 cover from Germany to Kabul franked 1921 20p. (2) and 30p. on reverse, handstamps, officials, I.S.A.F. (11), etc., chiefly fine. A valuable and fascinating lot. Please examine carefully £1,500-2,000
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1909-19 definitives, well written up, predominantly mint collection, on pages, thousands, including 2p. (15), 1a. blue (25 sheets of fifty), 1a. red (2 sheets of fifty), 2a. green (sheet of fifty), 2a. yellow block of twenty-five, split sheet of fifty, 1r. lilac-brown part sheet of forty, etc., chiefly fine £150-200
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1917 (2 Aug.) envelope from Kandahar to Quetta franked on reverse 1916 1a. and India 1/2a. green, violet oval double ring "passed by censor/quetta" alongside; very slightly truncated at right, fine and rare. Photo £300-400
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1920-28 King Amanullah, well written up, mint and used collection on leaves, contained in a carton, many hundreds, including 1920 Independence 10p. unused (3) and used (12, one on cover), 20p. unused (2) and used (7), 30p. unused (4 with sheet of 2), 1921-27 10p. lilac brown error of colour (used), 10p. type II sheet of twenty-five (9), 30p. sheet of sixteen, pair used with 20p. pair and India 3a. on cover to Texas, 1923 Kabul Interurban issue 20p. pane of four, 1923 Independence day handstamps 20p. on covers (2) from Kabul to Peshawar, 30p. block of twelve, 30p. tête-bêche pair, Parcel Post 15p. (2) and 30p. on separate covers, Kabul Interurban 2p. black, 1924 Independence 10p. (15), 1925 Independence 10p. (18), 1926 Independence 10p. sheet of four (3, one imperf.), pane of 4 (5), 1927 Independence 10p. (white background) sheet of eight, imperf. between pair, dotted background (13), 1927 New Currency imperf. and perf. with tête-bêche varieties, sheets, 1926 definitives, 1928 Independence 15p. tête-bêche pair (9), 1928 prepared for used but not issued 15p. sheet of six, etc., chiefly fine. A fine lot £1,000-1,500
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