Collections, Stocks and Accumulations #654

Pakistan, Provisional Overprints Assortment.A very interesting study of the first issues of Pakistan with several dozen items housed in one small but valuable stock book, beginning with the 1947 definitive of KGVI, mint and used, this represents a wide range of provisional overprints or at least overprints that are handstamped and machine printed in different sizes, very specialised and to a certain extent still unknown philatelic territory. Not every denomination is represented - they simply could not be found. However, in the high values KGVI there are 3x 1rp, including a pair of clandestine inverted, 5x 2rps, 6x 5rps and 5x 10rps, the latter high values 5rps and 10rps also with bluish black overprints. Also, present lower values, generally speaking most denominations represented including stamps with overprints we have never seen before, again deserving further research. Other items include back of the book, KGVI service overprints, 1rp and 2rps (3x) and cinderella to investigate. We are of the opinion that the used is far better than the mint and that despite reference items being here, no doubt this is a very special property having taken years to form with many scarce, possibly unique items present, and offered intact as received, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.