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x A series of nine progressive die proofs of an essay Colonial head facing right, each die sunk on varying size pieces of wove card, the designs comprising head without background (4, one showing guide lines and one with 1/2a. frame design in pencil), head with oval frames (4, all showing guide lines, two with 1/2a. designs for "india" and "east india postage" drawn around in pencil), and one with head with oval-lined background, six dated between 30 September and 13 October 1854. An exquisite and unique assembly. Photo £15,000-18,000
Provenance: "Koh-i-Nor", February 1986
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x Proof of Queen's head facing right and inset in "east india postage" 1/2a. frame in black on glazed card (32x37mm.). A unique and highly important essay. Photo £5,000-6,000
Provenance: "Koh-i-Nor", February 1986
| 1855-65 Die Proofs | |
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x Head only with double-lined oval surround and outline of design frame, and three master proofs with uncleared value tablets numbered "13", "14" and "15", all printed in reverse, stamp-size in black on glazed card and mounted in individual sunken frames. A unique quartet. Photo £8,000-10,000
Provenance: "Koh-i-Nor", February 1986
| 1856-64 No Watermark Issue | |
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x 1/2a., stamp-size in black on glazed card and affixed to De La Rue day book piece marked "May 28, Do 29, 320 Leads", sets of initials, "254" and "255" intaglio numeral handstamps. Also 1/2a. plate proof (horizontal crease) in chalky blue. Photo £2,000-2,500
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x 1a. and 2a., both stamp-size in black on glazed card. Photo £800-1,000
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x 1/2a. pale blue, 1a. brown, 2a. pink, 2a. yellow-buff, 4a. black and 8a. carmine, unused with some original gum in places, particularly on the 8a.; a few small faults though of generally good appearance. S.G. 38-48 group, £3,825. Photo £800-1,000
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x 1/2a. blue marginal pair from the right of the sheet and showing portion of adjoining stamp at left, variety imperforate, fresh and fine unused. S.G. 37a, £900. Photo £350-400
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x 1/2a. blue lower left corner example and 1a. brown with good to large margins, both variety imperforate, fine. Photo £200-250
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x 1/2a. blue (two shades) and 1a. brown, all variety imperforate, fine unused. Photo £250-300
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x 1/2a. blue tied by part manuscript "stamped", indistinct Bengal octagon and London Paid c.d.s. on small piece, 1a. brown with May 1854 c.d.s. and 4a. grey-black with part diamond of bars, all variety imperforate; a fine and scarce used trio of these imperforate stamps. R.P.S. Certificates for 1/2a. (1945) and 4a. (1949). Also used 1a. grossly misperforated. Photo £300-400
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x 1a. brown upper right corner block of eight (4x2) with plate number "2", variety imperforate, unused without gum; two sharing a light wrinkle, otherwise fine. A rare positional block of this variety. Holcombe Certificate (1998) for a block of sixteen from which this block has been cut. S.G. 39b, £5,200+. Photo £2,500-3,000
Provenance: "Koh-i-Nor", February 1986
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x 1a. brown marginal pair from the right of the sheet, variety imperforate, fine unused. S.G. 39b, £1,300. Photo £400-500
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x 2a. dull pink, variety imperforate, fine unused. Rare. S.G. 41a var. cat. £6,500 as a pair. Photo £600-700
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x 2a. dull pink, variety imperforate, marginal from the top of the sheet; small fault at left centre, otherwise sound. S.G. 41a var., cat. £6,500 as a pair. Photo £400-500
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x 2a. yellow-buff horizontal pair, variety imperforate, unused with part original gum; short crease at hinge remainder. Rare. S.G. 42a, £3,250. Photo £600-700
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x 2a. yellow-buff, variety imperforate, marginal from the top of the sheet, fresh bright colour and very fine unused. S.G. 42a var., cat. £3,250 as a pair. Photo £300-400
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x 4a. black, variety imperforate, fresh unused. S.G. 45b var., cat. £7,000 as a pair. Photo £600-800
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x 2a. yellow-green, variety imperforate, fresh unused. Rare. S.G. 50a var., cat. £7,500 as a pair. Photo £600-800
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x 2a. yellow-green, variety imperforate, unused; a little soiled, otherwise sound. Rare. S.G. 50a var., cat. £7,500 as a pair. Photo £300-350
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x 2a. yellow-green die proof on wove paper (50x67mm.), signed in pencil at foot and with "sperati/reproduction" handstamp on reverse; also a perforated example of the unissued stamp (stains). Photo £500-600
| 1860 No Watermark Eight Pies | |
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x Die Proof in brown-lilac on wove paper (46x52mm.); horizontal crease at centre and a few trivial surface marks, nevertheless exceptionally rare. Photo £1,500-2,000
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x Die proof in black on glazed card (22x25mm.); minor surface burnishing. Photo £100-120
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x Purple marginal horizontal pair from the left of the sheet, variety imperforate, fresh unused; fine and very rare. R.P.S. Certificate (1975). S.G. 52b, £7,500. Photo £3,000-3,500
| 1865 Watermark Elephant's Head Issue | |
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x 1/2a. pale blue block of forty (8x5), being the top five rows of a lower pane with interpanneau margin at top showing floral border and full sheet margins at sides with marginal inscriptions, large part original gum; severed between the second and third horizontal rows and rejoined; centred to foot though a rare and impressive showpiece multiple; also a used block of sixteen (8x2) cancelled "C/131" (Aleppy) and a used horizontal strip of eight cancelled by Bombay "1" duplex. S.G. 54/55 £250-300
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x 1/2a. blue block of forty-eight (8x6), variety watermark inverted, cancelled "B/11", a few small faults in places though a very rare and almost certainly unique multiple of this scarce watermark variety. S.G. 54w, £2,640+ £800-1,000
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x 8p. lower right corner block of fifteen (5x3), 1a. brown blocks of forty-eight and thirty-two from the foot and top of sheets with full sheet margins, a block of thirty-two (8x4), a lower left corner block of twenty-eight (4x7), blocks of six (4), strip of five and three (2), 2a. orange part sheet of forty-eight (8x6, the top six rows of a sheet) and singles (3), and 1873 1/2a. blue block of forty (8x5), being the top five rows of the sheet with full sheet margins, deep blue strip of five, used (5), part to large part gum; faults though impressive multiples. Cat. £5,000+ £500-600
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x 2a. orange, variety imperforate, indistinct cancellation in blue; light diagonal crease at lower left. An attractive example of this rare variety. R.P.S. Certificate (1919). S.G. 62a. var., cat. £7,500 as a pair. Photo £1,200-1,500
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x 4a. green block of six (3x2), fresh unused with large part original gum; centred to right and the upper strip with a horizontal crease though an exceptional and impressive multiple of this rare stamp. Holcombe Certificate (1995). S.G. 64, £6,600+. Photo £3,000-4,000
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x 4a. green block of four, part original gum (partially redistributed and a little yellow in parts) and centred to lower right. An important multiple of this rare stamp. S.G. 64, £4,400+. Photo £2,000-2,500
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x 8a. carmine block of twenty (4x5) with several "Stamped" handstamps and cancelled by Bombay Paid "1" duplex, and a block of twelve in a contrasting shade with several "Stamped" handstamps in blue and with indistinct Bengal obliterators in the same colour; two stamps in the first block with thins though rare multiples of this scarce stamp.
S.G. 65, £3,040 £800-1,000
| 1866 (28 June) Foreign Bill 6a. Annas Purple Overprinted "POSTAGE" | |
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x Fresh unused with part original gum; tiny tone on crown and small surface abrasion behind head though remarkably free of the surface faults so often associated with this rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (1994) states "slight stains and surface blemishes" which we consider harsh. Also a fine used example cancelled "B/179" (Thayetmyo, Burma).
S.G. 66, £2,400. Photo £1,000-1,200
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x A used reconstruction of the twenty types with half cancelled in blue; a couple with small faults though generally largely free of surface abrasions. An attractive lot. S.G. 66, £3,000 £1,200-1,500
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x Variety overprint inverted, neatly cancelled by diamond of bars; some surface rubbing and cracking which is somewhat usual for these highly surfaced stamps. A very presentable example of this exceptionally rare stamp of which only a handful of examples are known. R.P.S. (1923) and Holcombe (1998) Certificates. S.G. 66a, £28,000. Photo £12,000-15,000
Provenance: Rose-Hutchinson, October 1949
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x Variety overprint inverted, light indistinct cancellation; perforations trimmed away, repaired at lower right corner and other faults, nevertheless a very rare stamp with only a handful of examples recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2001). S.G. 66a, £28,000. Photo £1,200-1,500
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x Unused with part original gum, fresh colour; defective at upper left corner and with a couple of minor surface blemishes; a rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (1994). Also a used example. S.G. 68, £4,225. Photo £500-600
| 1866-78 Issue | |
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x 4a. die proof in black on glazed card (36x42mm.); also issued Die I (perfs. trimmed off at top) and Die II both handstamped "specimen" and two used examples. Photo £200-250
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x 4a. "west india postage" essay in blue, red, green and brown, each in a block of four on wove paper with the first (one thinned) and last gummed; also a modern die proof printed in relief on white card (100x133mm.) £250-300
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x 6a.8p. die proof in black on glazed card (38x40mm.); minor ageing at edges. Photo £250-300
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x 6a.8p. die proof in black on glazed card, stamp-size and affixed to De La Rue day book piece initialled dated "Nov 13th" and "18th". Photo £200-250
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x 6a.8p. slate unused with part original gum (2), two examples overprinted "specimen" in different types, a marginal block of four each overprinted "cancelled" and one used £120-150
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x 6a.8p. slate, variety imperforate; fine and rare. S.G. 82a var., cat. £8,000 as a pair. Photo £1,500-2,000
| 1868 Eight Annas Die II | |
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x Die proof in black on glazed card (39x40mm.), a similar stamp-size die proof (minor surface fault) and an issued stamp handstamped "specimen". Photo £200-250
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x 9p. and 1r. outline pencil sketch essays executed on tracing paper, the 9p. 38x42mm., the 1r. 35x36mm., both affixed to pieces of thin card from the De La Rue correspondence files with the 1r. marked "India Finl Letter No. 25 July 1873"; some affixative marks though a unique pair. Photo £1,800-2,000
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x 1r. intricate pencil drawing by Albert Gordon, executed on wove paper (135x202mm.), offered with Zanzibar 1895 1r. slate used block of six (3x2, two sharing light tone) with four showing small "z" and one with inverted "q" for "b", a scarce multiple cat. £540+ £250-300
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x 1r., stamp-size in black on glazed card; also 9p. mint blocks of six, four (interpanneau) and a single, four examples handstamped with different "specimen" overprints and 1r. block of four overprinted "cancelled" £150-200
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x 6a., stamp-size in black on glazed card. Photo £100-120
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x A selection with 6a. shades (2), 6a. handstamped "specimen" and one cancelled "L", 6a. and 12a. blocks of four overprinted "cancelled", 12a. marginal from the foot of the sheet, imperf. between stamp and margin and marked "Issue 1890 4 years out of date" and a rare used block of ten with Bombay senders cachets in blue and indistinct TPO datestamps £200-250
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x 6a. pale brown complete pane of eighty with floral border at top, a few hinge remainders at corners, the stamps remaining unmounted mint. S.G. 81, £760+ £200-250
| 1880 Essays Inscribed "EAST INDIA POSTAGE" | @$:The following five lots are all executed on tracing paper (50x58mm.) with lettering picked out
in Chinese white and affixed to pieces of thin card of the same size
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x 1/2a. in pale bright blue in a design similar to the 1882 1/2a. Photo £3,000-4,000
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x 1a. in brown in a design similar to the 1882 1a. Photo £3,000-4,000
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