Auction 245-246 Day 1 - Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection, Foreign countries - Single lots, Picture postcards

Postcard ½ anna red, first printing, stamp Die I, horse type I, unused, very fine and very rare (less than 10 known, unused 1 known, dated 1902), H&G 1 (Wa 1)
Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection

Postcard ½ anna red, 5th printing Die II, horse type II, obliterator L (Lahore), used from Dharmsala February 12, 1888 to Darjiling British India, transit Darjeeling dely Feb 19, 88 and arrival cancellation Chongtong Fe 20, 88 and a fee postage due fee 1 anna for postage to British India. Earliest known postcard from Nepal, fine-very fine, H&G 3 (Wa 5)
Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection

Postcard ½ anna red 6th printing, Die II, horse type II, used heptagonal Kathmandu killer with NE for Nepal and date cancellation 49/5/31 BS (= 14 sept.1892), showing shifted left ornaments, fine-very fine (folded), only known used postcard 6th printing, H&G 7 (Wa 6)
Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection

2 postcards ½ anna ted, 9th printing, Die II, horse type IV, local Kathmandu Nov.1895 and from Kathmandu (cancel type II) to Ralksaul British India without arrival cancel, very fine, H&G 10 (Wa 9)
Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection

2 postcards ½ anna red 8th printing, Die II, horse type III, both local used Kathmandu, without arrival cancel, and subtype text 1 mm beyond ornament with arrival cancel Kathmandu Sept 1892, fine-very fine, H&G 11 and 12 (Wa 8 and 8a)
Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection

Postcard ½ anna red, 13th printing, Die III, horse type IV, length NEPAL SARKAR 21,5 mm, used card from Birganj (date cancel 10 June 1899, used as obliterater very unusual) to Kathmandu, arrival cancel Kathmandu 11 June 1899, dates in the cancel improved by the postal clerk, fine and very rare (less then 10 used cards known of 11th printing), H&G 13 (Wa 13)
Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection

2 postcards ½ anna red, 14th printing, Die III, horse type IV, both spelling error in first word of large text, unused and used local Kathmandu 1899, very fine, H&G 13a (Wa 14)
Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection

Postcard ½ anna red, Die III, horse type IV and 6 words, 15th printing, locally used Kathmandu with clear print octagonal cancel July 1899 (in use 1899-1904), very fine, H&G 14 (Wa 15)
Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection

Postcard ½ anna red, close to subtype 15th printing but left frame line 82 mm (instead of 85 mm), used from Chisapani to Kathmandu December 1899, till now 2 cards from this type known, fine (some folds), H&G 14 subtype (Wa 15-b)
Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection

Postcard ½ anna red, 12th printing, Die III, horse type V, local used Kathmandu with date cancel Samvat era 50/6/1 (= 15 October 1893), earliest known use of 12th printing. Some insects damage in the card, H&G 15 (Wa 12)
Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection

Postcard ½ anna red, 12th printing, Die III, horse type V, 3 used cards from Kathmandu to Gorkha (wrongly sent to Pokhara and forwarded Gorkha), Kalaiya (negative date cancel 1899) and local Kathmandu, very fine, H&G 15 (Wa 12)
Nepal - The Dick van der Wateren Collection

Postcard ½ anna red, 12th printing, Die III, horse type V, used with British Indian stamp 2 annas six pies from Kathmandu Nepal Residency P.O. with square circle NEPAL 13 DE (18)98, and sent by seapost, transit Brindisi, to Berlin, arrival 3.1.99 (transit time 22 days), sent by Dr. Kurt Boeck to the Berliner lokal Anzeiger, only 1 cover and this card known to Germany in the 19th century, very fine H&G 15 (Wa 12)
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