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Auction Name: The Magnolia Collection: India Stampless Postal History
Auction Date: 03/13/2025 - 03/13/2025
Sale Number: #9020
Total Lots: 153
Sold Lots: 151
Lots Sold: 98.69%
Unsold Lots: 2

Total Sales (USD): 217,604.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 57,350.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 78,900.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 57,850.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 79,600.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 273.37%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
10091	India, Moorshedabad, 1795, "MOORSHEDABAD", "POST PAID", "G.P.O." Handstamps (Giles 1).	1795	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 10,620.00
10029	India, Calicut, 1823, "CALICUT/POST PAID" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1).	1823	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 10,620.00
10031	India, Cannanore, 1823, "CANNANORE/POST PAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles 1).	1823	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 8,850.00
10142	India, Wallajahabad, 1813, "WALLAJAHBAD/POST PAID" Two-Line Handstamp (Giles 1).	1813	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	USD 7,670.00
10009	India, Barrackpore, 1832, "BARRACKPORE/POST/OFFICE" Negative Intaglio Handstamp (Giles 3).	1832	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 7,080.00
10002	India, 1692 Folded Letter from Coolenoeky to Fort Cochin.	1692	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	USD 6,490.00
10001	India, 1691 Folded Letter from Porca to Fort Cochin.	1691	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	USD 6,195.00
10125	India, Seringapatam, 1809, "Post Paid/Seringapatam" Oval Handstamp (Giles 3).	1809	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 5,900.00
10152	India, Nepal, 1836 "Nipaul Post Office, Post Paid" Handstamp to Calcutta.	1836	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 5,310.00
10086	India, Manuntaddy, 1860, "MANUNTAUDY POST OFFICE" Intaglio Negative Handstamp (Unrecorded in Giles).	1860	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 5,015.00
10025	India, Calcutta, 1817, "KING'S SEA/POSTE. PAID/CALCUTTA" Handstamp in Red (Giles SD5).	1817	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	USD 3,835.00
10021	India, Calcutta, 1794, "No./Weight oz. D/B.P. Sa. Rs." Oval Handstamp (Giles SD1).	1794	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	USD 3,540.00
10126	India, Seringapatam, 1801, "POST FREE/SERINGAPATAM" Oval Handstamp (Giles 4).	1801	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	USD 3,304.00
10092	India, Mount (St. Thomas's Mount), 1835, "MOUNT/POST PAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles 4).	1835	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 3,304.00
10127	India, Seringapatam, 1853, "SERINGAPATAM/Bearing" Framed Handstamp (Giles 10).	1853	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 3,304.00
10080	India, Madras, 1812, "POST NOT PAID" Framed Handstamp (Giles 9).	1812	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 3,186.00
10073	India, Lucknow, 1834, "LUCKNOW/POSTPAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles 1).	1834	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,714.00
10030	India, Camp, 1815, "CAMP/POSTPAID" Two-Line Handstamp (Giles 2).	1815	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 2,596.00
10134	India, Surat, 1810, "SURAT/P. PAID" Circular Handstamp (Giles 2).	1810	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 2,478.00
10136	India, Sylhet, 1812, "POST OFFICE/SYLHET" Double-Oval Handstamp (Giles 1).	1812	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,478.00

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