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Robert Siegel Galleries: The Magnolia Collection: India Stampless Postal History

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Auction Name The Magnolia Collection: India Stampless Postal History Total Sales (USD) 217,603.80
Auction Date March 13, 2025 - March 13, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 57,350.00
Sale Number #9020 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 78,900.00
Total Lots 153
Sold Lots 151 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 57,850.00
% of Lots Sold 98.69% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 79,600.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 273.37%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name 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
10127

India, Seringapatam, 1853, "SERINGAPATAM/Bearing" Framed Handstamp (Giles 10).

1853 USD 200.00 - 300.00 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
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
10153

INDIA, Nepal, 1851 "Nepaul Paid" Handstamp on Cover to England.

1851 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,360.00
10110

India, Patna, 1835, "PATNA/BEARg/18__" Oval Handstamp (Giles 12).

1835 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 2,360.00
10038

India, Dacca, 1820, "DACCA POST PAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles 3).

1820 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 2,360.00
10003

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

1836 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,360.00
10070

India, Kristnagerry, 1800, "POST PAID/KRISTNAGERRY" Oval Handstamp (Giles 1).

1800 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,242.00
  • 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.
    Forum Auctions
    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.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    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
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    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