1897 1/2a Red "Jewellers Essays" part sheet of 12 essays which were designed for use but never issued, perf. 12.5, a rare multiple.

1884 8a dull mauve with trial opt in red (showing the words more curved), reading downwards, short perf at top, very scarce and seldom offered. (S.G. footnote...

1884 1a brown-purple, type 1 curved opt, 'Optd in red and in black' mint, large part o.g. A tiny pin hole barely detracts from this fine and scarce item,...

1884 8a dull mauve, opt type 1 mint with large part o.g., with 'Opt in red and black' variety, fine and attractive. (S.G. £250).

1884 8a dull mauve, type 1 curved opt, 'Opt double, one albino' mint, large part o.g. with various guarantee marks on gum, a fine and attractive example...

1885 1/2a blue-green (2), 4a blue-green and 1r slate (2) type 2 opt in black, with 1a brown-purple (2) and 8a dull mauve opt in red, each opt SPECIMEN...

1885 4a blue-green, opt type 2 in red mint with large part o.g., with double overprint (in red and black) variety, very fine and fresh (S.G. £450).

1885 1r slate, type 2 opt in red mint with large part o.g. (trivial offsets on gum), with variety 'Wide spacing between lines'. From a trial setting which...

1885 1a brown-purple and 1r slate, each reprinted 'AUTTIALLA STATE' in black mint (toned gum) and additionally optd 'REPRINT' (an unsuccessful attempt...

1891-96 4a olive-green, opt type 3 mint with large part o.g., with the variety 'PATIALA' omitted, fine and scarce; cert. B.P.A. (2020). (S.G. £850).

1891-96 4a olive-green left hand marginal on 1/2a green postal stationery cover (locally addressed), with variety 'Patiala' omitted, tied MY 31 00 Registered...

1891-96 2r carmine and yellow brown, type 3 opt used with hooded Patiala State cds, a pressed vertical crease barely detracts from this seldom offered...

1891-96 3r brown and green, opt type 3, two mint examples with part o.g., showing variety "ovpt double, one albino" and "ovpt treble, one albino", a fine...

1903-06 3p pale grey, opt type 3 marginal very fine original gum, with variety 'Additional albino opt of Jind', a scarce and striking error, occurring...

1903-06 3p pale grey, opt type 3 in lower left corner marginal pair mint with large part o.g. (typically light toning), the left hand stamp showing the...

1912-26 1r red-brown and deep blue-green, opt type 3 mint, lightly toned o.g., with corresponding 1r Official used with cds (small thin), each with variety...

1928-34 2r carmine and orange, opt type 5 in mint n.h. lower marginal strip of 3, plus a single example used, each with inverted watermark.

1941-46 1/2a purple, opt type 7 in lower right corner marginal block of 4 NH (gum bends and lighly toned gum), the lower pair showing the variety 'Pair,...

Officials: 1884 1a brown-purple fine used with 'Opt Type 1 (Puttialla State) doubled'. An attractive item. (S.G. £180).

Officials: 1885-90 opt type O2 1/2a and 1a each with O3 'Service' opt (respectively in red and black) in marginal blocks of 4 mint, erroneously handstamped...

Officials: 1885-90 1a brown-purple opt type O2 in marginal horizontal pair mint with large part o.g., the right hand stamp with error 'AUTTIALLA'. We...

Officials: 1885-90 2a dull blue, opt type O3 in red with "SERVICE" double, one inverted in mint n.h. marginal block of 15 (one stamp thinned), toned gum,...

Officials: 1885-90 2a dull blue proof with ovpts in black, mint with large part o.g., fine (see footnote after SG O7).

Officials: 1885-90 2a dull blue, opt type O3 in red with error 'PUTTILLA' and opt SPECIMEN, unused without gum, although defective at top this is a very...

Officials: 1891-1900 1/2a blue-green mint with large part o.g., showing the variety 'SERV CE', additionally with type 3 'PATIALLA STATE' double, one albino...

Officials: 1891-1900 1/2a blue-green, opt type O4 in fine mint pair with large part o.g., the right hand stamp with the variety 'S ATE'. Scarce. Cert....

Officials: 1891-1900 2a dull blue, opt type O4 mint with original (toned) gum, with the variety Thin 'I' in 'SERVICE'. Scarce. Cert. B.P.A. (2021). (S.G....

Officials: 1891-1900 3a brown-orange, opt type O4 mint with large part o.g., with the variety 'SERV CE', an item of the utmost rarity, this being the only...

Officials: 1913-26 2r carmine and yellow-brown mint with large part (slightly toned) o.g., with 'Opt double, one albino' (nice and clear). Scarcer than...

1876 6p red on British India QV ½ anna blue postal stationary travelling from KAHUTA to RAWALPINDI, very fine and scarce (S.G. £900 on cover).

1948-49 Machine Printed 8a ultramarine in mint nh sheet of 20 (4x5) with control number 332, very fine (S.G. £360+).

1948-49 Machine Printed 1R chocolate in mint nh sheet of 20 (4x5) with control number 452, very fine (S.G. £200+)

1948-50, small collection of singles, pairs and blocks of Rajasthan overprinted stamps from Jaipur and Kishengarh, with Jaipur overprinted Rajasthan incl....

1948-50, group of sheetlets incl. S.G. 6A, 43, 61, 62, 63, 65, plus a small stockcard of singles, some foxing.

1932-47 Postal Fiscal 1a red in block of four on reverse of cover sent registered cancelled in pen "28 Kotwali Shahpura State Rajputana", one stamp torn...

1894-99 Elephant issue 3p, 6p, 1a and 2a overprinted for official purpose, mint h.r. some irregular perfs, fine and scarce.

1894-99 Indian Elephant used set of eight, a couple with slight toning, fine to very fine (S.G. £325).

1885-99, specialised accumulation of the 1885-96 Raja Shamsher Parkash issues including a range of the Official overprints, all organised by value and...

1862-1929 fantastic collection of stamps and covers, incl. SG1 (2 stamps, 2 covers with single stamps in various papers e.g. horizontal laid, vertical...

1870 4 annas devanagari numeral on white vertical laid paper unrecorded setting showing variety incomplete third character in top row A, unused, slight...

1914 3p green pair of complete sheets of 20 showing the varieties imperf. vertically or imperf. horizontally, meaning that there are 10 pairs of the variety...

Saurashtra 1949 1a. purple Soruth court fee stamp overprinted "U.S.S./ Revenue &/ Postage/ Saurashtra", top five rows of sheet with numerous small varieties,...

Accumulation on part album pages with 1878-86 4a unused (2), 1886 1a green sheet of 20 unused, 1913 surcharges incl 'Three pies' on 1a three sheets of...

1888-94 small lot of stamps and covers incl. SG1b unused pin perf. 6.5 irregular Stone I; SG5 Stone IV used with messy grid cancel on cover 12 July 92...

Collection of Indian States mint, unused and used filling up a thick stockbook ordered alphabetically from Alwar to Wadhwan, some revenues and court fees...

A lot consisting of part and complete sheets from many states Bamra (SG48), Bhopal (SG5, SG5a, SG14,SG18, Sg19, SG34,SG51), Jind (Type J6). Complete sheets...

1800-1900s Stockbook of Indian States revenue and court fees stamps, not the usual back of the book collection but a detailed, impressive and with a wealth...

1900-40s, India Convention States collection on pages, with each State represented including Chamba, Faridkot, Gwalior, Jhind, Nabha and Patiala, mint...

1938-41 Convention States mint collection on stock sheets with Chamba incl. 1938 to 5r plus 25r, 1938 Officials to 10r and 1940 to 10r, Jind incl. 1941...

1880-1940s, India Native States collection in a Scott album, with most States represented including Bamra with 1/4a block of four with 'Quatrer', inverted...