I.C.S. JIND 1939-43 2r and 5r 'JIND SERVICE' Officials, SGO84/5

I.C.S. JIND 1939-43 2r and 5r 'JIND SERVICE' Officials, SGO84/5Indian Convention States Jind 1939 43 2r purple and brown and 5r green and blue JIND SERVICE Officials, SGO84 5. Very fine unmounted mint examples with full original gum. Fractionally yellowish gum as often seen, but remain very fine examples. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is 112. Six states had a postal convention agreement with "British India" to use the regular issues of British India overprinted for use in their states. These "Convention"

A superb unmounted mint original gum imperforate imprimatur horizontal tête-bêche pair with 'NPM IMPRIMATUR' handstamp on reverse

thus featuring the world’s first three postage stamps

Colour: Distinctive mauve shade

The collection comes from the family of a former member of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard – the Queen’s official bodyguard

Jaipur was a Princely State in the Jaipur Residency of the Rajputana Agency (presently part of Rajasthan)

according to legend

captioned 'compatible partners'

His marriage to a Roman Catholic (Henrietta Maria) was another black mark in a Protestant kingdom

Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina

and a couple of light gum tones

It is most likely that this incident occurred in late 1798 or early 1799 when Lord Nelson was in Sicily with Sir William and Lady Hamilton and the King of Naples

Queen Elizabeth II's father