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Lot 6174 - indien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History  - Day 4

Lot 6174 - indien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

1873 (October 31): Printed matter entire letter from Calcutta to Amsterdam, franked with 1860 8 p. purple on white and 1865 2 a. orange, tied by bold "B/1" Calcutta obliterators, black "PD" at right, reverse with Calcutta cds and Amsterdam receiver (24 Nov), a rare usage.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

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Lot 6173 - indien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History  - Day 4

Lot 6173 - indien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

1873 (April 21): Finlay, Scott and Co's East India Prices Current, printed circular, franked with 8 p. purple and 2 a. orange, tied by neatly struck Bombay duplex to Amsterdam, with May 1 arrival backstamp, fresh and fine.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

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Lot 5746 - indien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History  - Day 4

Lot 5746 - indien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

Nawanagar 1880: 1 doc. deep mauve, imperforate, a fine used example with good to large margins all round, tied to small cover by oval framed negative seal handstamp in black with repeated information strike alongside. An extremely scarce stamp on letter. Cert. ISES (2024).

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

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Lot 5741 - indien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History  - Day 4

Lot 5741 - indien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

Bundi 1947: Bahadur Singh ½ a. violet single and horizontal pair and 1 a. yellow-green in a vertical pair, attached to baggage label with one 1 a. adhesive also attached by pin, the label attached to document by pink & white string and tied in black. Scarce issue on letter Gi = £ 194 off cover.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

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Lot 5736 - indien portomarken -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History  - Day 4

Lot 5736 - indien portomarken - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

1865: 1 a. deep brown and 2 a. orange, used on 1866 entire letter to Port Louis, Mauritius endorsed "pr. Glenroy" each tied by small private italic "Stamped" and octagonal "B/1" of Calcutta. Reverse with framed "CALCUTTA / SHIP LETTER / PAID" in red (Oct 12) and Mauritius arrival cds (Nov 12) in blue with "6d. / TO PAY" charge marking in blue on obverse. An attractive entire.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

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Lot 5747 - indien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History  - Day 4

Lot 5747 - indien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

Shahpura 1917: Typographed 1 p. carmine on drab, imperforate, a used example with large margins all round, tied to cover by large circular negative seal handstamp in black. Reverse with slight piece of envelope missing otherwise superb for this extraordinarily rare issue on letter - without doubt one of the rarest and most elusive of all first issues on cover. Cert. ISES (2024) Gi = £ 1'100 off cover.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

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Lot 5742 - indien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History  - Day 4

Lot 5742 - indien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

Faridkot 1879/86: 1 f. ultramarine on white wove paper, a vertical pair with large even margins all round and portion of adjoining stamp at top, used to pay the ½ anna rate and tied by oval ringed handstamp of Faridkot in black. Reverse with Faridkot hooded datestamp (Dec 23, 1886) in black. The cover with file fold split well away from the adhesives, a very scarce issue on letter. Cert. ISES (2024).

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

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Lot 5737 - indien portomarken -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History  - Day 4

Lot 5737 - indien portomarken - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

1865: 2 a. orange, a single example used on 1866 entire letter to Mauritius endorsed "par Ganges", neatly tied by octagonal "B/1" of Calcutta in blue. Reverse with framed "CALCUTTA / SHIP LETTER / PAID" in red (Oct 12) and Mauritius arrival cds (Nov 12) in blue with "6d. / TO PAY" charge marking in blue on obverse. A delightful entire.

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

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Lot 5748 - indien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History  - Day 4

Lot 5748 - indien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

Indian Feudatory States 1870/1940c.: Collection in album with stamps but mostly covers with covers from Bundi (3), Bhopal covers (6) and some Shah Jahan unused multiples, Bijawar 1935/36 set of five perf. 11 unused, Charkhari, Dhar, Duttia, Faridkot usage on India ½ a. stationery envelope, Holkar covers (2), Jaipur covers (4) incl. two first issue usages, Kashmir covers with three in combination with India etc. Not all items can be guaranteed thus careful viewing recommended (75+ items).

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

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Lot 5743 - indien  -  Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History  - Day 4

Lot 5743 - indien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

Jammu & Kashmir 1866: ½ a. grey-black in watercolour on native off white wove paper, a fine example just touched as ever, on 1866 cover with full contents to Amritsar, cancelled by Jammu seal handstamp in magenta. SEALKOTE transits in both red and in black (Oct 29) and UMRITSAR arrival in black (Oct 30). A splendid and rare #1 on letter. Cert. ISES (2024).

Corinphila Auction AG Auction 333-341 Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan & Worldwide Postal History - Day 4

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