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Robert Siegel Galleries: The Magnolia Collection: India Postal History, Part 7
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Magnolia Collection: India Postal History, Part 7 | Total Sales (USD) | 152,497.30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 14, 2026 - May 14, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 42,650.00 |
| Sale Number | #9054 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 58,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 138 | ||
| Sold Lots | 137.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 43,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 99.28% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 59,350.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 256.95% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10121 | India, 1854, 1a Red, Die III |
1854 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 7,375.00 | |
| 10023 | CANNANORE/POST FREE Oval Handstamp |
1820 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 6,490.00 | |
| 10036 | DIAMOND HARBOUR POST OFFICE/18__ Oval Handstamp |
1833 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 4,720.00 | |
| 10086 | PORTO NOVO Circular Handstamp with Star |
1834 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,130.00 | |
| 10125 | India, 1854, 1a Red, Die II |
1854 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 3,540.00 | |
| 10002 | India, Alleppy, 1835, "ALLePPY/POST PAID" Oval Handstamp |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 3,540.00 | |
| 10133 | India, 2a Green; India, ½a Light Blue |
1854 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 3,186.00 | |
| 10112 | India, 1a Deep Red |
1854 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 3,186.00 | |
| 10122 | India, 1854, 1a Red, Die II |
1854 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 3,186.00 | |
| 10124 | India, 1854, 1a Red, Die I |
1854 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,950.00 | |
| 10074 | MUDDEKERRAY/POST PAID Framed Handstamp |
1836 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,950.00 | |
| 10136 | India, 2a Green |
1854 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,832.00 | |
| 10061 | MADRAS/SHIP LETTER/POST FREE/17 JU 17/1836 Framed Datestamp |
1836 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 2,596.00 | |
| 10034 | Paid Framed Handstamp; Bearing Framed Handstamp |
1841-1845 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,596.00 | |
| 10129 | India, 4a Red & Blue |
1854 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,478.00 | |
| 10120 | India, 1854, 1a Red, Die I |
1854 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 2,478.00 | |
| 10093 | SERINGAPATA/POST FREE Oval Handstamp |
1837 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,360.00 | |
| 10082 | India, Poonamullee, 1837, "POONAMULLEE/POST PAID" Oval Handstamp |
1837 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,242.00 | |
| 10099 | VELLORE/1839 April 26/Paid Framed Datestamp |
1839 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,124.00 | |
| 10016 | CALCUTTA/G.P.O./1847 March 8 Framed Datestamp |
1847 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,124.00 | |
| 10108 | India, 1854, ½a Blue, Die I |
1854 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,006.00 | |
| 10085 | Poorneea/Sa Wt/Post Paid/Rs As/18__ Framed Handstamp |
1825 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,006.00 | |
| 10062 | MALDA/Pt Pd Oval Handstamp |
1834 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,006.00 | |
| 10065 | MASULIPATAM/BEARING Oval Handstamp |
1825 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,006.00 | |
| 10029 | DEENAJPOOR/SaWt/POST PAID/Rs As/__ OF __ 18__ Framed Handstamp |
1829 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,888.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000Forum Auctions
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28th May 2026Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000 -
