Petite Treasures – May 2026.

1932-43, booklet pane ½ an. mint never hinged, additional ½ an. yellow-green single top margin imperf., ink spot otherwise fine

1944, four booklet panes ½ an. to 4 an. mint never hinged, 4 an. stuck on glassine, ½ an. yellow-green single corner margin part perf.

1904-20, Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar II, set of 6 stamps, additional plate proof ½ a. blue on cardboard, tiny faults, still fine

1927-37, ½ a. to 5 r. complete set of 17 values, unused, very fine. (SG catalogue value £540)
 

1927-46, Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar II ¼ a. on 5 r. to 1 a. on 1¼ a. overprint set of three, additional eight stamps, all mint never hinged, very fine

1932-46, Postage ¼ a. to 1 r. complete set of ten unused (few mint never hinged), (SG catalogue value £225)

1886/1910, collection on 3 album pages unused and used, service overprints, mainly fine.

1899-1903, 12 stamps perf and imperf issue, unused no gum, mostly fine

1904/10, Maharaja Madan Singh set of eight stamps up to 5 r. purple-brown, unused, fine

1904-10,  4 a. brown perf. 12½, unused, SG unrecorded perforation type. The perf. 12½ is only recorded combined with perf. 12, few short perfs as usual, otherwise a very fine rarity

1928-36, ¼ a. to 5 r. on thick surfaced paper, complete set mint without gum as issued, very fine
 

1935, Maharaja Vir Singh II, set of 21 stamps mint never hinged with usual gum, fine

1948/49, Bundi 1 r. chocolate (1947 issue) handstamp with Rajasthan SG type 1 in blue, unused, tiny thin at bottom left, otherwise fine and scarce.

1950, Jaipur ¼ a. to 1 r. complete overprinted set, unused, hinged with original gum, very fine.

1948-49, Kishangarh 1 a. brown-lilac imperf right margin stamp (1899-1901 issue) and 8 a. slate pin-perf (1904-10 issue), both handstamped with Rajasthan SG type 1 in red, mint without gum as issued, fine pair.

1948-49, Kishangarh 5 r. brown  (1904-10 issue) handstamped with Rajasthan SG type 1 in red, plus 4 stamps all mint never hinged, 1912-16 issue three stamps overprinted unused hinged and 1928-47 issues five stamps unused no gum, fine group.

1948, two album pages showing 14 stamps Bundi State Maharao Raja Bahadur Singh issue handstamped and violet and typo overprinted in black, mainly unused. Plus two revenue stamps 1 an. yellowish-green with red overprint, eight court fee revenues India, two overprinted Pratabgarh and three Jaipur, mainly fine.

1896, Nasser-ed-din Shah Qajar 4 ch. + 4 ch. red postal stationery card unseparated cancelled ISPAHAN cds. via BOUCHIR 18/4 to COLABA BOMBAY INDIA forewarded to MATHERAN with arrival mark 8.5.96, full message on reverse, tiny flaw, otherwise fine and a scarce destination (Persiphila PC14) 

1918, Ahmad Shah 2 ch. red postal stationery card cancelled “RECHT (DEPART) 28 III 18” cds., addressed to Makina Mesopotamia, but redirected from Bagdad to India with transit marks Base Office M.E.F. 21 SEPT 18, Bombay Base Postal Depot 22 Oct 18, AGRAM-BANGALORE 27 OCT 18, endorsed in red “Returned to England on leave Base Postal Depot Bombay”, full message on reverse, pre-dates the Dunsterforce sent to Baku, tiny flaw, crease and spots, otherwise fine and a scarce destination (Persiphila PC32)