George VI Era Cochin - Mostly Used

Hi
Sorry for disappearing from the radar for a while...

Meanwhile managed to get hold of some stuff in a local auction. Have not received the goodies yet but will get in a day or two I hope.

SG 117 Chinese Net Horizontal Pair
SG 109b VI Raja 2pies Double print
SG 117 Chinese Net Vertical Pair with reverse set off printing on back
SG O95 Blue ERROR ANCHAI for ANCHAL and ONCGS shifted
SG O103 Horiz.Strip of 3. Flat back 'G' on one stamp and large 'S' on others M
.. and a few that are not so significant.
Some stationery too :
II R 6p with interstate pmks and 'Experimental Post Office 3' (in Malayalam) 1927
SG 084 block of 4 used in TC period Pmk line cancelled CDS
Regd Letter in fold with SG 45 endorsed 'Refused Returned in red ink'. 1944
and 3 Jaipur ones also.
Also won these along with the group :
Australia - 110 diff. From 1913 to 1965 including Kangaroo & Map, KGV 5 shilling etc
50 diff From 1913 to 1965 (before decimal currency)

Will post the images as soon as I get them.

Regards
Thomas

Looks like an interesting lot of items you have there, Thomas! Do remember to post them when you receive them: I'll be looking forward to seeing them.

OK - here comes - as promised.....



















These are the stamps I got. Some postal stationery too.. Will post them laer. meanwhile waiting for your feedback,

Regards and Thanks
Thomas

Hi Thomas

great to see your items here and the writeup handwriting exactly looks like from mr.Kamath.am I right? I have been buying items from him for last 12 yrs or so.
Rgds
George

and the 109 copy doesnt look like a double print
Rgds
George

Some nice little items there, tholath.

I agree with George, the SG 109 isn't a double print. Gibbons notes after SG 60 that 'blanket offsets' occur in the litho printings.

Offsets of the ON C G S overprint seem to be more common on the Sixth Raja stamps than any of the others. I wonder if this was due to pressure of work at the printers.

There is an error in the conversion of the ME date on the SG 117 pair. The date couldn't be 1943: that would be 6 years before the stamps were issued! I make the correct conversion to be 6 June 1949.

I picked up this



SG 123a

at the recent Trowbridge sale in London. Far and away my best Cochin item!

I get the Conch and the Parasol in opposing corners,
what items are the other two?
can you identify them?

The Posting reads SG123b
when I save the image it reads SG123a

Rod, you're quite right. It's only the SG 123a. I was trying to promote it, but I've decided to come clean, and I've edited it back down again. (But if you take off your glasses, and squint really hard, it could be SG 123b ...)

I'll leave the significance of the insignia to someone else.

And though they don't. strictly, belong here - but we don't have an Edward VII Cochin thread - two more recent Cochin acquisitions I'd long craved



SG 22d, and



SG 22e

Which just go to show the trouble you can get into when you invert a cliché in the plate.

Hi Thomas
im sure that you had picked these items from religious auction in cochin. just now I found my auction catalog/journal. and for your info these are from mr kamath's hands.staying in kerala I have a better hand in identifying items on where they came from

Rgds
George

Hi
You are right George - I got them from RSEC cochin auction...

Thanks for the feedback on the items.

And, tony.... I had got some Australian stamps too. Can you pls let me know if any threads are there to post this instead of starting a new one?
Thanks and regards
Thomas

Thomas, I think there's a thread here for the Australian George V Heads, but otherwise - I don't know. I don't collect Australia, myself.

Hi Thomas

if you are specific abt some cochin nos: I wud be able to exchange the spare items in my collection.you can mail me your list at george dot kochupura at gmail dot com

Rgds
George

tony,

your statement is worth a million dollars

Some postal stationery which I had got in the auction.........









Regards
Thomas