Lot 148
Bahawalpur ½a Service on cover with DLR rubber handstamp





The George Rab Collection of Bahawalpur Stamps | S24011
Auction: 26 November 2024 at 10:30 GMT
Estimate: £2,000 - £2,400
Description
Officials. 1947 envelope to Kotla Qaim Khan bearing ½a purple Service stamp with De La Rue handstamp, along with 1½a black and orange, cancelled by two fine strikes of Sadiq Garh CDS of 19 SEP 47. Registered selvedge on reverse with another part strike, and Mushir-i-Tasrifat handstamp. Only four other Service covers are known. PF Pakistan (2011) and RPS (2016) Certificates, the latter noting ‘overall toning’, which is negligible.
Footnote
Illustrated on page 427 of Isani & Hussain (2023)





