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Early India Cancellations: Cooper type 12 – 12d on stamps from various...
$295.00
Early India Cancellations: Cooper type 12 – 12d on stamps from various towns (53 stamps). Cooper states “examples are scarce“
India 1854 4a blue and red, Head II, Frame I, 2nd printing, reconstruc...
$925.00
India 1854 4a blue and red, Head II, Frame I, 2nd printing, reconstruction of cut-to-shape, incl one cut-square. SG 19/20 £9500+
Early India Cancellations: Cooper type 32 variety Mysterious “G” of “T...
$1,250.00
Early India Cancellations: Cooper type 32 variety Mysterious “G” of “TEZPORE“/”G-5” from Gowhatty circle. This is an extremely rare cancel as the Gauhati circle soon adopted “S” series
Early India Cancellations: Cooper type 28c var2 of Bombay foreign mail...
$750.00
Early India Cancellations: Cooper type 28c var2 of Bombay foreign mail cancel in black, type 1 (only two out of five diagonal bars are continuous), on 1872 (Jul 11) cover to London via Brindisi
Early India Cancellations: Cooper type B4 var with lines ascending fro...
$2,450.00
Early India Cancellations: Cooper type B4 var with lines ascending from left to right, on 1860 (May 14) 4-color franked cover to Boston via Marseilles. This variation is unrecorded in both Cooper and Renouf states “examples with lines reversed are rare“
India 1904 extremely scarce “CAMP P.O. (No. ?) /6 JA/(04)” on Handpain...
$2,950.00
India 1904 extremely scarce “CAMP P.O. (No. ?) /6 JA/(04)” on Handpainted cover of a man in suit, tie and hat, walking with a cane carrying a 1904 book, to UK, with “SEA POST OFFICE C” and UK delivery on reverse – probably the finest cover with this rare cancel – an exhibition piece.
India 1867 (Jan 14) underpaid letter to UK via Marseilles f.w. QV 4a g...
$395.00
India 1867 (Jan 14) underpaid letter to UK via Marseilles f.w. QV 4a green tied by “220” Cooper type 8 and “ABBOTABAD” alongside. The rate during this time was 6a8p for this route, hence “DEFICIENT / POSTAGE / FINE” and “MORE TO PAY”. Also with “S/67/JA 18/LAHORE” triangular Cooper type 29e in red
India 1864 ½oz single weight After Packet letter from Calcutta (Apr 23...
$350.00
India 1864 ½oz single weight After Packet letter from Calcutta (Apr 23) to London (Apr 12), 6a8p paid the steam rate for single weight letters from India to the UK via Marseilles, 2a paid the postage for after packet letters weighing up to 1 tola to meet the steamer Candia on Mar 10 at Kedgeree. […]
India 1890 (?) reprint of the 1854-55 4a blue and red (frame die II) w...
$1,795.00
India 1890 (?) reprint of the 1854-55 4a blue and red (frame die II) with essay head, lithographic transfer in three rows of four, impressions spaced 18mm apart horizontally and 12-12½mm vertically (without wavy lines or rosettes), complete sheet of 12 (4×3) on medium white wove with ‘SPECIMEN’ underprints, pos. 12 with ‘head inverted’, Spence […]
India 1931 GV 3½a Silver Jubilee blk/4, variety: “bird flaw” on top le...
$425.00
India 1931 GV 3½a Silver Jubilee blk/4, variety: “bird flaw” on top left stamp, fine MNH. SG 245a £400++
Early India Cancellations: Cooper type B – India 1852 ½a Scinde Dawk w...
$1,495.00
Early India Cancellations: Cooper type B – India 1852 ½a Scinde Dawk white used with diamond of dots cancel, good to wide margins, very fine embossing, horizontal crease. SG S1 £3000
India 1909 Edward 25r postally used – postally used examples are very ...
$1,375.00
India 1909 Edward 25r postally used – postally used examples are very scarce. SG 147 £1800
India 1869 Officers’ letter – QV 6a8p tied by “BUKLOO” duplex on cover...
$1,250.00
India 1869 Officers’ letter – QV 6a8p tied by “BUKLOO” duplex on cover from Col. L. Nation, 4 Gorkhas Regt., countersigned below, to Scotland with “UMRITSUR” octagonal in red on reverse and delivery cds alongside. Accompained by 4th Gorkha Rifles multicolor picture postcard. A scarce Officer’s letter.
The Second Burmese war: 1854 (2 Sep) entire letter “From Lce Corpl Thomas Hart No 2161 No 3 Compy 1st European Bengal Fusiliers” at Thayetmyo, to Glasgow and countersigned by his Commanding Officer, showing h.s. “2” and, on reverse, various transit d.s. including “THAYETMYO/POST OFFICE” cds in red. An interesting letter from a postal worker with contents including “But then a gun just fired which announces the arrival of the mail…I am in the post office so I must put this aside and prepare to distribute those and papers” Provenance: ex Gerald Davis, Robson Lowe, March 1990
$4,500.00
The Second Burmese war: 1854 (2 Sep) entire letter “From Lce Corpl Thomas Hart No 2161 No 3 Compy 1st European Bengal Fusiliers” at Thayetmyo, to Glasgow and countersigned by his Commanding Officer, showing h.s. “2” and, on reverse, various transit d.s. including “THAYETMYO/POST OFFICE” cds in red. An interesting letter from a postal worker […]
India 1865 8a carmine on yellowish to white wove paper, watermark elephant’s head, perf 14, die I, fine mint – a rare stamp SG 65 £4750
$4,500.00
India 1865 8a carmine on yellowish to white wove paper, watermark elephant’s head, perf 14, die I, fine mint – a rare stamp SG 65 £4750
India 1860 Proof of QV Type 12 8p purple, on thicker unwatermarked paper, imperf, toned. An extremely scarce proof of this value, rarely seen – 2019 BPA certificate
$2,250.00
India 1860 Proof of QV Type 12 8p purple, on thicker unwatermarked paper, imperf, toned. An extremely scarce proof of this value, rarely seen – 2019 BPA certificate
India 1855-70 Issue Die Proofs in black of East India ½a, 1a, 2a, 4a, 8a – all affixed to card (139x70mm) – scarce
$1,750.00
India 1855-70 Issue Die Proofs in black of East India ½a, 1a, 2a, 4a, 8a – all affixed to card (139x70mm) – scarce
India 1866 4a bill ovpt SERVICE POSTAGE in green unused – tiny invisible…
$9,750.00
India 1866 4a bill ovpt SERVICE POSTAGE in green unused – tiny invisible tear at left. Mint examples are extremely rare SG O17 £12,000 – 2009 Sismondo certificate
