Robert Siegel Galleries: The Magnolia Collection: India Stampless Postal History, 9020, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 13, 2025 - March 13, 2025
Page Size: 153 items in 7 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
10001

India, 1691 Folded Letter from Porca to Fort Cochin.

1691 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 6,195.00
10002

India, 1692 Folded Letter from Coolenoeky to Fort Cochin.

1692 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 6,490.00
10003

Egypt, 1836, "CARE OF MR. WAGHORN/ALEXANDRIA." (Sidebottom 4b; Smith 4b).

1836 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,360.00
10004

Egypt, 1838, "Care of Mr. Waghorn, Suez" (Sidebottom 3; Smith 3).

1838 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,124.00
10005

India, Agra, 1825, "AGRA/POST PAID" Double-Lined Handstamp (Giles 1).

1825 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 767.00
10006

India, Allahabad, 1839, "ALLAHABAD/1839 July 2/Paid" Framed Datestamp (Giles 4).

1839 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 129.80
10007

India, Allyghur, 1830, "ALLYGHUR, POST PAID/18__" Double-Oval Handstamp (Giles 2).

1830 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,003.00
10008

India, Bangalore, 1815, "Post Paid/Bangalore" Oval Handstamp (Giles 2).

1815 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 590.00
10009

India, Barrackpore, 1832, "BARRACKPORE/POST/OFFICE" Negative Intaglio Handstamp (Giles 3).

1832 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 7,080.00
10010

India, Bauleah, 1825, "BAULEAH/P.t P.d" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1).

1825 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,888.00
10011

India, Berhampore, 1794, "BERHAMPORE/POST PAID" Two-Line Handstamp (Giles 1a, 2000 Supplement).

1794 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,416.00
10012

India, Bombay, 1818, "B. BAY/P. PAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles 2).

1818 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 590.00
10013

India, Bombay, 1820, "Bombay/POST NOT PAID/18 JY 18/1821" Oval Datestamp (Giles 8).

1820 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 944.00
10014

India, Bombay, 1829, "BOMBAY POST NOT PAID/GPO" Double-Circle Handstamp (Giles 12).

1829 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 472.00
10015

India, Bombay, 1809, "B BAY SHIPPge NOT PAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles SD1).

1809 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,062.00
10016

India, Bombay, 1831, "SHIP POSTAGE PAID/B.G.P.O." Double-Oval Handstamp (Giles SD4).

1831 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 649.00
10017

India, Calcutta, 1795/1814, "G.P.O./(Month)/PtPd" Oval Handstamps (Giles 10-10a).

1795/1814 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,888.00
10018

India, Calcutta, 1794, "G.P.O./FEBY/ PtPd" Oval Handstamp (Giles 10).

1794 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 590.00
10019

India, Calcutta, 1818, "POST FREE" Oval Handstamp (Giles 12).

1818 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,003.00
10020

India, Calcutta, 1853, "CALCUTTA/1853 JUL 6/WEIGHT TOLA/FREE" Oval Datestamp (Giles 29).

1853 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 708.00
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
10022

India, Calcutta, 1808, "Bengal/G.PO./AUG/Post Paid" Oval Handstamp (Giles SD2).

1808 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 354.00
10023

India, Calcutta, 1808, "Bengal/G.PO./MARCH/Post Paid" Oval Handstamp (Giles SD2).

1808 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 383.50
10024

India, Calcutta, 1802, "Bengal/G.PO./AUG/Post Paid" Oval Handstamp (Giles SD2).

1802 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 354.00
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
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    27th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    27th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.
    Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The Library of Barry Humphries
    26th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum Auctions
    The Library of Barry Humphries
    26th March 2025
    Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann
    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000