Robert Siegel Galleries: The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5, 1360, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 30, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Page Size: 212 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26

India, 1852, 1/2a Blue, Scinde District Post (A2; SG S2).

1852 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,195.00
27

India, 1852, 1/2a Blue, Scinde District Post (A2; SG S2).

1852 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,195.00
28

India, 1852, 1/2a Red, Scinde District Post (A3; SG S3).

1852 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 47,200.00
29

India, 1852, 1/2a Red, Scinde District Post (A3; SG S3).

1852 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 20,650.00
30

India, 1852, 1/2a Red, Scinde District Post (A3; SG S3).

1852 USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 100,300.00
31

India, 1854, 1/2a Vermilion Lion & Palm Tree Essay, Die Proof on Thin Soft Yellowish Paper (Spence 2).

1854 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,965.00
32

India, 1854, 1/2a Lilac Rose Lion & Palm Tree Essay, Color Trial on Thin Laid Batonne Paper (Spence 6).

1854 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 2,478.00
33

India, 1854, 1/2a Pale Blue Lion & Palm Tree Essay, Color Trial on Thin Laid Batonne Paper (Spence 7).

1854 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 2,596.00
34

India, 1854, 1/2a Greyish Blue Lion & Palm Tree Essay, Color Trial on Thin Laid Batonne Paper (Spence 8).

1854 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 2,478.00
35

India, 1854, 1/2a Deep Purple Lion & Palm Tree Essay, Color Trial on Thin Laid Batonne Paper (Spence 11).

1854 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 2,950.00
36

India, 1854, 1/2a Pale Yellow Green Lion & Palm Tree Essay, Color Trial on Thin Laid Batonne Paper (Spence 11).

1854 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 3,186.00
37

India, 1854, 1/2a Vermilion Proof on Watermarked Paper (Spence 120).

1854 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,186.00
38

India, 1854, 1a Blue on Yellowish Wove Paper, Thuillier Essay (Spence 28).

1854 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 118.00
39

India, 1854, 2a Color Trial Group (Spence 47, 52, 57, 62).

1854 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,770.00
40

India, 1854, 2a Black on Thin Blue Wove Paper, Color Trial (Spence 59).

1854 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 2,006.00
41

India, 1854, 2a Brown on Medium Yellow Wove Paper, Color Trial (Spence 72).

1854 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 1,770.00
42

India, 1854, 2a Dark Green on Yellowish Wove Paper, Die Proof (Spence 74).

1854 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,416.00
43

India, 1905, 2a-4a Hausburg's Reprints of the 1854 Issue.

1905 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 885.00
44

India, 1905, 2a-4a Hausburg's Reprints of the 1854 Issue.

1905 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 442.50
45

India, 1854, 8a Light Blue & Red Brown on Yellowish Wove Paper, Thuillier Essay (Spence 1).

1854 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 295.00
46

India, 1854, 1/2a Vermilion, 91/2 Arches (1; SG 1).

1854 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 30,680.00
47

India, 1854, 1/2a Indigo, Die I (2a var; SG 5).

1854 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 1,062.00
48

India, 1854, 1/2a Pale Blue, Die I (2; SG 3).

1854 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,770.00
49

India, 1854, 1/2a Pale Blue, Die I (2; SG 3).

1854 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,003.00
50

India, 1854, 1/2a Indigo, Die I (2a var; SG 5). Stone "A4", block of 24

1854 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 31,860.00
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