“Top edge eaten by rat, but still looking very
good.”
—anonymous J&K auction dealer
Going backward in time, the “Blue” 2004, Bard ‘01, Eames ‘96, Garratt-Adams ‘94, Spence & Wilson ‘77, Frenkle ‘77, Haverbeck ‘73, Dawson ‘67, Smythies ‘62, and Mortimer ‘39 listings are critical references for much of the most notable material in the field. The rest of the list is sort of gestural.
Harmer Inc. for India & States:
The Kashmir Blue Sale ~ C.T. Sturton Collection. 29 Jun 2004, London.
The T.D. Eames Collection. 31 Jul 1996, London.
The H.D.S. Haverbeck Collection. 28 Jun 1973, Harmers, New York. (Boggs ed.)
The C.H. Mortimer Collection. 16 Feb 1939, Harmer, Rooke & Co., London.
Robson Lowe for India & States:
Garratt-Adams. 2-4 Mar 1994, Lots 1100-1153 [rare catalogue.]
Mixed. 19 Jan 1982, 36 pp
Mixed. 13 Jan 1981, 56 pp
Mixed. 11 Sep 1979, 44 pp
Mixed. 08 Nov 1978, 38 pp
The J. Spence & J. Wilson Collections. 08 Dec 1977, 52 pp
The H. Frenkle Collection. 25 Jan 1977, 100 pp
The L.E. Dawson Collection. 10 Jan 1967, 56 pp, 180 Lots, 99 photos.
The E.A. Smythies & F. Gwatkin Sale. 03 Oct 1962.
Spink & Son for Indian States:
The A.S. Bard Collection of Postal History. March 2001, London.
Edgar Mohrmann & Co.:
“Maharaja Collection” Sale. J&K Lots 100-252. 14-16 April 1982, Hamburg.
Stanley Gibbons Auctions for India & Indian States:
Mixed. 8-9 Oct 1981, London.
Mixed. 12 Dec 1979, London.
Sukhani Europhil Ltd for India & Indian States #66:
Mixed. 14 Mar 2004.