Great Britain & British Empire 2025

Great Britain & British Empire December 8 & 9, 2025 at 10:00 CET

Lot n°

Symbol(s)

Estimate (£)

188 | Great Britain & British Empire

Duttia

50818

DCE 

S.G. 4a

1896 1/4a black on orange without control handstamp, unused, cut into at foot otherwise good to huge

margins, in the usual condition with only small imperfections, a rarity of the Indian States with less

than a dozen thought to exist; cert. RPS (2019) (S.G. £13’000).

6’000 - 9’000

50819

DCE / 186

S.G. 8-11

1897-98 issue specialised and comprehensive study written up on two pages, organised by setting and

showing type I Ganesh incl. several 1/2a, 1a, 4a black on rose vertical tête-bêche pair, and type II large

Ganesh incl. the four values with damaged cliché incl. the 1a black on white on both wove and laid, a

great lot for the specialist; ex Peter Röver (31).

500 - 800

50820

DCE 

S.G. 8bc/9b/10/11

1897-98 1/2 anna blue-green (SG8b,Type II), 1 anna white on horizontal laid (SG9b,Type I), 2 annas

yellow (SG10, Type I) and 4 annas rose (SG11, Type I) Very fine and desirable set. (S.G. £213).

80 - 100

50821

DCE J 

S.G. 26, 36

1912? 1/2a black on green roulette x imperf. compete sheetlet of 16 (S.G. £160+) and 1918 1a pink

imperf. sheetlet of 16 (S.G. £96), very fine pair.

100 - 200

Faridkot

50822

C DCE H 

S.G. 1-17, O1-O15

1887-1900 Faridkot Indian Convention States stamp sets from Queen Victoria era. Almost all overprint

styles for regular and service issues including high values, fine to very fine. A great clean set for

beginners with 200+ stamps tough to find all together (S.G. £575).

150 - 200

Gwalior

50823

C DCE H 

1885-1941 Gwalior Indian Convention States stamp sets from all four rulers Queen Victoria, King

Edward VII, King George V and King George VI era. Almost all overprint styles for regular and service

issues can be seen and all the stamps are fine to very fine. A great clean set for beginners with 190+

stamps (S.G. £1500+).

300 - 400

Hyderabad

50824

DCE H J L 

S.G. 1

1868-1880 group incl. original issues (3), reissues in fancy colours, perf 12 1/2 (10 plus block of 91),

1 forgery of first issue in black, 2 Nissen & Parker plate proofs circa 1868 before shipping the plate to

Hyderabad India; ex Dan Walker.

100 - 200

50825

H J 

S.G. 13

1871-1909 1/2a Orange-Brown “Post Stamp” series, Alexander Holland large partial sheet re-

construction of the SG13 Plate II with 8 pantograph errors occurring every 15 stamps (pos. 7, 22, 37,

52, 67, 82, 97, 112), a labour of love; ex Dan Walker.

150 - 300