445010 | British Commonwealth ➝ India ➝ Stamps
Opening: 180 €
1948, Mahatma Gandhi 1½ a.-10 r., unmounted mint, very fine
Opening: 2.000 €
1860 (ca.), FOREIGN BILL 2 a., 4 a. and 8 a. Die Proofs, cut close and mounted on thick card, some minor toning. Fine and very scarce set.
445020 | British Commonwealth ➝ India ➝ Stamps ➝ Official stamps
Opening: 1.000 €
1866, SERVICE POSTAGE ½ a mauve lilac, with "152" in diamond of bars and matching reverse side red "TRANQUEBAR 1869 SE 16" on O.H.M.S. "Money Order Advice" printed form to Madras with arrival mark. Very fine and rare; only few examples recorded on cover. BPA certificate (2011)
Opening: 800 €
Same receipt stamp without overprint, with clear octagonal "B5" and manuscript "stamped" on cover from "AKYAB 19 Oct. 1861" to Calcutta with arrival mark; on reverse manuscript notation "receipt stamp not recognised for postage" with manuscript "2a." alongside. Stamp little damaged at upper right, otherwise fine and fresh. Very rare item. Certificate BPA 2020
Provenance: Gerald Davis (Robson Lowe, 1990)
Opening: 800 €
1867/73, 6 a. 8 p. In horizontal marginal pair, fresh colour, unused with full fresh original gum, never hinged. Very fine and rare pair in this condition.
Opening: 3.000 €
1874/82, ½ a. blue with overprint in blue-black, block of 4, nice fresh colour, light creasing in the upper pair, unused with o.g.; a fine and very rare multiple. The blue-black overprint stamps are practically unobtainable with original gum. Certificate RPSL (2010)
Opening: 2.000 €
1 a. brown with overprint in blue-black, nice fresh colour, tiny irregular perforation, unused with o.g.; a very fine copy of this rare stamp. Certificate BPA (1950)
Opening: 300 €
1883/1900, 1 a. brown-purple with overprint inverted, marginal copy, unused with o.g., Very fine and scarce, certificate BPA (2003)
445070 | British Commonwealth ➝ India ➝ India used abroad ➝ Abyssinia
Opening: 200 €
"FF" in bars, 5 good to clear strikes on 1860/64, 8p lilac, horizontal strip of five, partly split perforation, strengthened by hinges and left stamp with pulled perf, an attractive and very scarce multiple
445300 | British Commonwealth ➝ India ➝ India used abroad ➝ Malaya (Strait settlements)
Opening: 1.000 €
"B172", 4 clear strikes, tying 1854, 1 a. red, Die II, horizontal strip of 4, to lettersheet endorsed "P Malta" 1856 to Canton with red "SINGAPORE P.O." and Hong Kong arrival mark. The entire slightly folded back at left; vertical cover crease affecting the right stamp slightly in the left margin, otherwise very fine. A very rare letter to China.