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Stampbay, Aug 30, 2025. 359 lots.

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Lots in this catalog (359)

• Lot 1: India 1852 ½a Scinde Dawk white, used with diamond of dots cancel, good margins. SG S1 £3,250
• Lot 2: India 1852 ½a Scinde Dawk white, used with diamond of dots, type C cancel, paper stuck at back. SG S1 £
• Lot 3: India 1852 ½a Scinde Dawk white, used with large star, type E cancel, good margins, fine. SG S1 £, 3250
• Lot 4: India 1852 ½a Scinde Dawk blue, used with diamond of dots cancel,
• Lot 5: India 1852 ½a Scinde Dawk blue, used, minor surface abrasion at 11 o' clock. SG S2 £11,000
• Lot 6: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 photozinchronized reprint of punch die of Lion & Palm tree design. Spence 22
• Lot 7: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 photozinchronized reprint of punch die of Lion & Palm tree design, die I in black,
• Lot 8: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 reprint of the proposed design with head of QV ½a deep red on yellowish wove paper.
• Lot 9: India Essays and Proofs: 1854 ½a essays with crosses in upper corners x 3, one with "P" of "SPECIMEN" on reverse.
• Lot 10: India Essays and Proofs: 1854 Essays of ½a red in strip of 8, ½a blue strip/8, 1a,
• Lot 11: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 photogravures of the 1a Gothic design essays taken from impression of the tracing made
• Lot 12: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 reprint of the proposed design with head of QV 1a blue on yellowish wove paper. Spence 29
• Lot 13: India Essays and Proofs: 1854 1a essay in vermillion
• Lot 14: India Essays and Proofs: 1854 various essays of 4a with essay heads and issued heads, mounted on a sheet
• Lot 15: India Essays and Proofs: 1854 essays of 4a with issued heads x 2
• Lot 16: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 lithographic transfer of 4a essay with outer frame of wavy lines and rosettes round each
• Lot 17: India Essays and Proofs: 1894 lithographic reproduction of 4a in narrow setting with marginal inscriptions,
• Lot 18: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 lithographic transfer of 4a with essay head in wide setting without the outer frame of
• Lot 19: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 lithographic transfer of 4a with essay head in wide setting without the outer frame of
• Lot 20: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 lithographic transfer of 2a taken from the plate in one row of six of each of the two
• Lot 21: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 lithographic transfer of 2a taken from the plate in one row of six of each of the two
• Lot 22: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 lithographic transfer of 2a taken from the plate in one row of six of each of the two
• Lot 23: India Essays and Proofs: 1883 impressions taken from the plate used to print the 2a stamps in green,
• Lot 24: India 1854 ½a blue, die I, imperf, left marginal block of 9 , unused without gum as issued. SG 2. £2925
• Lot 25: India 1854 ½a blue, die I, imperf, left marginal block of 4 , unused without gum as issued. SG 2. £1300
• Lot 26: India 1854 ½a deep blue, die I, imperf, horizontal strip of 4 , unused without gum as issued. SG 4. £1400
• Lot 27: India 1854 ½a deep blue, die I, imperf pair , unused without gum as issued. SG 4. £700
• Lot 28: India 1854 ½a blue, die I, imperf (SG 2) tied by diamond of dots on 1855 folded letter from Poona to Bombay.
• Lot 29: India 1854 ½a blue, die I, imperf (SG 2) with diamond of bars cancel on 1854 native cover from Bombay to Madras.
• Lot 30: India 1854 ½a blue, die I,
• Lot 31: India 1854 ½a deep blue, die I, imperf, top marginal pane of 16 , with complete sheet margins and inscriptions,
• Lot 32: India 1854 ½a deep blue, die I, imperf, bottom marginal pane of 16 ,
• Lot 33: India 1854 ½a blue, die II, imperf, block of 16 , unused without gum as issued. SG 6. £4,400
• Lot 34: India 1854 ½a blue, die II, imperf, right marginal block of 12 , with sheet margins and inscription,
• Lot 35: India 1854 ½a blue, die II, imperf, unused without gum as issued. SG 6. £275
• Lot 36: India 1854 ½a blue, die II, imperf, (SG 6),
• Lot 37: India 1854 1a deep red, die I, group of 4 used singles and a strip of 6 , used. SG 11 £1,500 as singles
• Lot 38: India 1854 1a deep red, die II, imperf, bottom marginal pair , with sheet margin and inscription,
• Lot 39: India 1854 1a red, die II, imperf, left marginal block of 36 , with sheet margin and inscription,
• Lot 40: India 1854 1a red, die II, imperf, right marginal block of 12 , with sheet margin and inscription,
• Lot 41: India 1854 1a red, die II, imperf, block of 9 , unused without gum as issued. SG 14. £2,700
• Lot 42: India 1854 1a red, die II, imperf, block of 4 , unused without gum as issued. SG 14. £1,200.
• Lot 43: India 1854 1a red, die II, imperf, block of 4 , unused without gum as issued. SG 14. £1,200
• Lot 44: India 1854 1a red, die II, imperf, strip of 3 , unused without gum as issued. SG 14. £900
• Lot 45: India 1854 1a red, die II, imperf, unused without gum as issued. SG 14. £300
• Lot 46: India 1854 1a red, die II, imperf, horizontal strip of 4 , each cancelled with "37" type 4. SG 14. £
• Lot 47: India 1854 4a indigo and deep red, head II, frame I, 2nd printing, imperf, vertical pair , pos.1/5, upright watermark,
• Lot 48: India 1854 4a blue and red, head II, frame I, 2nd printing, imperf, pos.4, upright watermark, used. SG 19. £950
• Lot 49: India 1854 4a blue and red, head II, frame I, 2nd printing, imperf, pos.1, upright watermark, used. SG 19. £950
• Lot 50: India 1854 4a blue and red, head II, frame I, 2nd printing, imperf, and 1a red, imperf, die I,
• Lot 51: India 1854 4a blue and red, head III, frame II, 4th printing, imperf, vertical pair , pos.18/24, upright watermark,
• Lot 52: India 1854 4a blue and red, head III, frame II, 4th printing, imperf, horizontal pair , pos.23/24, upright watermark,
• Lot 53: India 1854 4a blue and red, head III, frame II, 4th printing, imperf, horizontal pair , pos.7/8,
• Lot 54: India 1854 4a blue and red, head III, frame II, 4th printing, imperf, pos.2, reversed watermark, cancelled with "
• Lot 55: India 1854 4a blue and red, head III, frame II, medium setting, 5th printing, imperf, pos.17, used. SG 26. £1,400
• Lot 56: India 1854 4a blue and rose red, head III, frame II, medium setting, 5th printing, imperf, pos.11,
• Lot 57: India 1854 4a blue and rose red, head III, frame II, medium setting, 5th printing, imperf, vertical pair , pos.3/9,
• Lot 58: India 1854 4a blue and rose red, head III, frame II, medium setting, 5th printing, imperf, vertical pair , pos.7/13,
• Lot 59: India 1854 4a blue and rose red, head III, frame II, medium setting, 5th printing, imperf, pos.4, reversed watermark,
• Lot 60: India 1854 4a deep blue and red, head III, frame II, medium setting, 5th printing, imperf, pos.17, used. SG 26.
• Lot 61: India 1854 4a deep blue and red, head III, frame II, medium setting, 5th printing, imperf, wide margins,
• Lot 62: India 1854 2a green, imperf, right marginal strip of 4 , with sheet margin, unused without gum as issued. SG 31.
• Lot 63: India 1854 2a green, imperf, left marginal strip of 3 , with sheet margin, unused without gum as issued. SG 31.
• Lot 64: India 1854 2a green, imperf, strip of 3 , unused without gum as issued. SG 31. £1,500
• Lot 65: India 1854 2a green, imperf, left marginal pair , with sheet margin, unused without gum as issued. SG 31. £1,000
• Lot 66: India 1854 2a green, imperf pair , unused without gum as issued. SG 31. £1,000
• Lot 67: India 1854 2a green, imperf, strip of 4 , each with type 4 cancels. SG 31. £260+
• Lot 68: India 1856-64 Proof of QV ½a blue, die I, bottom marginal pair with ornamental borders at bottom,
• Lot 69: India 1856-64 QV ½a blue, on yellowish to white paper, no watermark, top marginal horizontal pair,
• Lot 70: India 1856-64 QV 1a brown, on yellowish to white paper, no watermark, strip of 3, variety: imperf ,
• Lot 71: India 1865 QV ½a blue, on yellowish to white paper, watermark elephant's head, block of 28 , mint.
• Lot 72: India 1865 QV 1a pale brown, on yellowish to white paper, watermark elephant's head, left marginal block of 16 , MNH,
• Lot 73: India 1865 QV 2a brown-orange, on yellowish to white paper, watermark elephant's head,
• Lot 74: India 1866 QV 6a fiscal stamp overprinted POSTAGE as type T15, on small piece tied by Madras duplex cancels. SG 66.
• Lot 75: India Essay of the QV 4a, inscribed WEST INDIA POSTAGE in pink, carmine and brown-red, each in imperf pairs
• Lot 76: India 1873 QV ½a deep blue, die II, watermark elephant's head, block of 24 , and ½a blue,
• Lot 77: India 1873 QV 6a olive-bistre, watermark elephant's head, bottom marginal odd block of 55 , MNH. SG 80 £550
• Lot 78: India 1902-11 Edward complete collection to 25r including all listed shades, mint. SG 119/150. £5,238
• Lot 79: India 1902-11 Edward complete collection to 25r including all listed shades, used. SG 119/150. £750
• Lot 80: India 1902-11 Edward complete collection to 25r including all listed shades and an extra shade of 10r, used.
• Lot 81: India 1902-11 Edward complete collection to 25r, used. SG 119/147. £600
• Lot 82: India 1909 Edward 25r, used with violet cancel. SG 147. £600
• Lot 83: India 1921 GV NINE PIES overprint group on a page, with shades, variety: NINE NINE, PIES PIES and overprint double .
• Lot 84: India 1925 Delhi Specimen 2a blks/4 in 4 different shades + 1r blk/4, all MNH.
• Lot 85: India 1935 GV Silver Jubilee complete set in blocks of 4 each, mint. SG 240/246. £168
• Lot 86: India 1937-40 GVI complete set to 25r, mint. SG 247/264. £600
• Lot 87: India 1866-72 QV 4a green, die I, ovpt Small Service, used. SG O14 £325
• Lot 88: India 1866 QV 2a bill ovpt "SERVICE/TWO ANNAS" in black, used with "Calcutta/1" type 10 duplex cancel in blue.
• Lot 89: India 1866 QV 2a bill ovpt "SERVICE/TWO ANNAS" in black, used, toned. SG O15 £650
• Lot 90: India 1866 2a bill ovpt "SERVICE/POSTAGE" in green, with type 12 cancel,
• Lot 91: India 1866 2a bill ovpt "SERVICE/POSTAGE" in green, with diamond of dots cancels. SG O16 £1,400
• Lot 92: India 1866 2a bill ovpt "SERVICE POSTAGE" in green, with complete perforations on all sides , fine mint.
• Lot 93: India 1866 4a bill ovpt "SERVICE POSTAGE" in green, with complete perforations on all sides , fine mint.
• Lot 94: India 1866 8a bill ovpt "SERVICE POSTAGE" in green, with complete perforations on all sides , mint.
• Lot 95: India 1866 ½a bill ovpt "SERVICE POSTAGE" in green,
• Lot 96: India 1874-82 QV 2a yellow, ovpt "On H.M.S." further overprinted " SPECIMEN .", block of 4, mint.
• Lot 97: India 1925 Edward Official stamps surcharged 1r on 15r, 1r on 25r and 2r on 25r, each in MNH blocks of 4 .
• Lot 98: India 1925 Official stamps surcharged Edward 1r on 15r, 1r on 25r, GV 1r on 15r and 1r on 25r,
• Lot 99: India 1926 GV 1a on 1½a chocolate Officials, 6 stamps with various overprint varieties: double, shifted,
• Lot 100: India 1900-11 China Expeditionary Forces - QV and Edward complete sets, mint. SG C1/C22 £227
• Lot 101: Early India Cancellations: Cooper type 9 on 1867 QV 7a cover from Agra to Paddington via Marseilles via Bombay,
• Lot 102: India used in China: Chinese Imperial Post ½c overprint B.R.A. 5 Cents tied by "
• Lot 103: India used in China: Chinese Imperial Post ½c overprint B.R.A. 5 Cents tied by "
• Lot 104: India 1904 QV Telegraph 1a on 4r purple, bottom marginal block of 4, MNH. SG T66. £64
• Lot 105: India 1948 Gandhi 10r bottom left marginal block of 4, MNH. SG 308. £1600+
• Lot 106: India 1948 Gandhi 1½a - 10r, complete set, each tied by NEW DELHI (Sep 10) on registered airmail cover to Germany,
• Lot 107: India 1838, “ Care of Mr. Waghorn, Suez ” (Sidebottom 3;
• Lot 108: 1838, “ CARE OF MR. WAGHORN/ALEXANDRIA. ” (Sidebottom 4b; Smith 4b).
• Lot 109: India 1828 (Jan 14) BENARES POST PAID Giles 3 on folded letter to Calcutta, with CALCUTTA G.P.O. Giles G9 alongside
• Lot 110: India 1813 (Aug 25) B.BAY POST PAID Giles 4 on folded letter to UK
• Lot 111: India 1839 (Jul 30) BOMBAY Bearing Giles 20 on folded letter to Saugor
• Lot 112: India 1854 (Mar 12) AKYAB Paid (Burma) on fl to Calcutta with CALCUTTA SHIPLETTER Giles SR49 alongside
• Lot 113: India 1828 (Jul 18) KEDGREE POST OFFICE SHIPLETTER Giles S3 on incoming mail from France to Calcutta,
• Lot 114: India 1801 (May 11) Post Paid Fort St. George Giles 4 of Madras on folded letter (partial content) to Bombay,
• Lot 115: India 1826 (Jul 22) incoming mail from UK to Palevaram with MADRAS SHIP LETTER Giles SD12, POST PAID SHIP Lr. LONDON,
• Lot 116: India 1827 MERUT./Pt.Pd. in red, rare Giles 2 with dot after "T.", on fl to UK with "
• Lot 117: India 1814 MERUT./Pt.Pd. in black, Giles 2 with dot after "T." (Giles records usage of this type from 1824,
• Lot 118: India 1814 MERUT./Pt.Pd. Giles 3 on fl to DumDum addressed to Capt. Cartwright
• Lot 119: India 1847 MIRZAPORE FREE Giles 13 on two native covers, both addressed to Maharaja Viswanath Singh of Rewah
• Lot 120: India 1839? (Nov 27) MULLIGAUM Paid Unrecorded on wrapper to UK, with INDIA in oval and London delivery
• Lot 121: India 1850 (Jul 1) TRANQUEBAR Paid (ex Danish Settlement) Giles 6 on folded letter from Negapattam to Mauritius via
• Lot 122: India 1845 (Sep 30) NUSSEERABAD Paid Giles 1 on folded letter to Calcutta
• Lot 123: India 1832 (Apr 6) POONA POST PAID Giles 7 on wrapper to UK, with "Post paid to B'bay 10 ans" in manuscript
• Lot 124: 1836 (Nov 2) SAUGOR PtPd Giles 1 on folded letter written by Capt. White to Col. Sir Thomas, Chief Engineer,
• Lot 125: India 1851 (Dec 15) SAGOR Paid Giles 2 on folded letter from Calcutta, with (Dec 17) CALCUTTA Paid Giles 21
• Lot 126: India 18??
• Lot 127: India 1905 Lithographic impression of ½a with crosses in the upper corner,
• Lot 128: India Essays and Proofs: 1890 die proof of 1a design of the issued stamp in black, from plate in state C,
• Lot 129: India Essays and Proofs: 1854 Proof of 4a in blue and red, no wmk, imperf, head III frame II, pos.7, cut-to-shape,
• Lot 130: India Essays and Proofs: 1854 essay of QV 8a light blue frame, red-brown head, printed singly, scarce. Spence 1
• Lot 131: India Essay of the QV 4a, inscribed WEST INDIA POSTAGE in brown-red, block of 4
• Lot 132: India 1854 ½a vermillion marginal horizontal pair, 9½ arches , wmk part Coat of Arms,
• Lot 133: India 1854 ½a deep vermillion 9½
• Lot 134: India 1854 ½a blue, die II, imperf, unused without gum as issued. SG 6. £275
• Lot 135: India 1854 1a red, die I, imperf, unused without gum as issued. SG 12. £1,600
• Lot 136: India 1854 1a dull red, imperf, die II, unused + another 1a red, imperf, die I, used. SG 14, 12 £410
• Lot 137: India 1854 1a red, die II, imperf, unused without gum as issued. SG 14. £300
• Lot 138: India 1854 1a red, imperf, die III unused without gum as issued, vertical crease at right. SG 15 £
• Lot 139: India 1854 1a dull red , imperf, die III , unused without gum as issued - SG 16 £6,500 - 2021 RPSL certificate
• Lot 140: India 1854 1a dull red , imperf, die III , horizontal pair with B/1 type 7 cancels - SG 16 £600 as singles,
• Lot 141: India 1854 4a blue and red imperf, 2nd printing, with diamond of hollow dots cancel, attributed to Singapore.
• Lot 142: India 1854-55 4a blue & red, Wmk part Coat-of-Arms reversed, Imperf, 3rd Printing , Head Die III, Frame Die I,
• Lot 143: India 1854 4a blue and red, head III, frame I, 3rd printing , imperf, pos.3, normal watermark,
• Lot 144: India 1854 4a blue and red, imperf, cut-to-shape, Head IIIa?, Frame I (SG 21b?),
• Lot 145: India 1854 4a blue and red, head III, frame II, 4th printing, imperf, pos.2 reverse watermark,
• Lot 146: India 1854 4a blue and red, head III, frame II, 4th printing, imperf, pos.5 reverse watermark,
• Lot 147: India 1854 4a blue and red, head III, frame II, 4th printing, imperf, pos.11, on small fragment tied by "I" type 4.
• Lot 148: India 1854 4a pale blue and pale red, head III, frame II, 4th printing, imperf, pos.12 reverse watermark,
• Lot 149: India 1854 4a blue and red, head III, frame II, 4th printing, imperf, pos.18, cancelled with B/1 type 7. SG 23.
• Lot 150: India 1854 4a blue and red, head III, frame II, 4th printing, imperf, pos.21, normal watermark,