Petite Treasures – May 2026

1900-09, China Expeditionary Force : three issues unused, good perforations, mainly fine and fresh.

1914, India KEVII ½ a. green pair tied to ottoman bank postcard by ´´BUSRAH 22 OC 10´´ (large squared cds. SG Type Z 9) to Tripoli Barbarie with arrival mark 16.11.10, tiny flaw and crease at right, otherwise fine, a scarce destination to Libya.

1854/90, 8 a. carmine, clear cancelled “B 172” (SINGAPORE) and five stamps with interesting cancelations Aden, Fort St. George etc, mainly fine.

"MUSCAT" c.d.s. on India 2 a. 6 d. blue and "BAHRAIN" c.d.s. on piece with India 2 a. 6 d. blue, fine Persian Gulf cancellations

1927-41, AIR MAIL eight early letters, including two northern flights to Stockholm and Helsinki, balloon mail, helicopter mail, etc.

1900-08, C.E.F. China Expeditionary Forces : two complete mint sets of QV and KE issues including 1902 QV 1 a. carmine, mainly unused, fine on old album page. (SG C1-C22)

1901-02, Las Bela: ½ a. black on pale grey on fibre paper, corner margin with tiny crease and 1 a. black on orange, fine pair

1874-76, Jammu & Kashmir: Special Printing circular ½ a. red in water colour, unused without gum as issued, fine. (SG catalogue value £225) Signed.

1867, Jammu & Kashmir: Reprint of 1 a. in violet, made by using the original printing block, fine. Nanjee recorded them as extremely rare as only few are known

1877-78, Jammu & Kashmir: Circular ½ a. black and 1 a. red in oil colour on european laid paper, unused without gum as issued, fine pair (SG catalogue value £180).

1870/1940 (ca.), unused and used collection, including a selection of Cochin and Bahawalpur, Bundi, Bhor, Bhopal etc., mixed condition especially in the early issues, mounted on nine album pages.

1870/1940 (ca.), unused and used collection, including a selection of Faridkot with imperf issues and Charkhari, Chamba, Gwalior, Haiderabad etc., mixed condition especially in the early issues, mounted on seven album pages.

1870/1940 (ca.), unused and used collection, including a selection of Kashmir with imperf issues, Jaipur, Jind and Kishangar, mixed condition especially in the early issues, mounted on four album pages.

1870/1940 (ca.), unused and used collection, including a selection of Travancore with overprinted issues, Indore, Nabha, Jhalawar, mixed condition especially in the early issues, mounted on five album pages.

1870/1930 (ca.), unused and used collection, including a selection of Poonch, Nandgaon, Rajpeepla, Nawanagar, Soruth, Wadhwan, mixed condition especially in the early issues, mounted on two album pages.

1878/1930,  Bhopal, Bamra and Alwar, collection on two old time album leaves, mainly used, clear cancellations, paper and perforation varieties, Service, overall fine.

1886/1910, collection on 12 album pages including Chamba, Faridkot, Patiala, Nabha and Gwalior, unused and used, service overprints, mainly fine.

1930-40, 14 stamps including complete 11 mm overprinted set, unused (SG catalogue value £200)
 

1915/41, ½ a. ultramarine, complete sheet with margins, no gum as issued, overprinted "BUNDI SERVICE" in black Devnagri letters with variety ‘overprint inverted’, fine

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.