INDIA continued...
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Catalog No. |
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| 20427 |
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 DescriptionUNIDENTIFIED: 1867 Postal stationery letter sheet 1/2a from Rajapittee to Calcutta, cancelled by large boxed “91” unidentified pmk, with Bengal TPO on reverse, very fine & a scarce showpiece
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| 20428 |
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 DescriptionURBAN CANCELS: Group of 26 covers incl. some native covers as well as some stamps, with mostly types 15 and 16 incl. varieties, all neatly mounted and written up on 14 album pages, fine
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| 20429 |
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 DescriptionURBAN CANCELS: Group of 19 covers incl. some native covers as well as some 70+ stamps, with mostly types 14 to 18 incl. varieties, two with TPO cancels, all neatly mounted and written up on 11 album pages, fine
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SOLD for € 1,200.00
Closing..May-30, 12:00 PM |
| 20430 |
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 Description1797 Entire from Calcutta to Chinsura, with oval “G.P.O. / OCTr / Pt.Pd” oval ds, small tear at top and aged paper, still attractive and rare
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| 20431 |
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 Description1807 (Apr 25) Entire from England to Delhi (via Calcutta c/o Messrs Downe & Maitland), reverse with “SHIP LETTER / Bg – Pt / Calcutta” red cds, black “Inld Ptg / Ship Do” boxed cachet with ms rate markings, fine
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| 20432 |
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 Description1807 (Nov 27) Military mail entire from Fort St. George in Madras (ms lower left) to Count De Courton of the Anglo-Swiss “Regiment de Meuron” in Seringapatam (which took part in the 1799 battle there), reverse with
“POST FREE” hs, very fine
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| 20433 |
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 Description1810 Entire from England to Bombay with London “PAID” tombstone ds, redirected to Poona, reverse with “BBAY POST NOT PAID” and “B.BAY SHIP PGE. NOT PAID” (H Giles SD1) used as a receipt hs and very rare as such,
very fine
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| 20434 |
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 Description1838 (May 4) Wrapper with “Care of / Mr. Waghorn / Suez” type 3 oval cachet with ms “195” on the reverse, from Calcutta to France with despatch box ds, Paquebots hs, Alexandria cds and box cachet, Malta disinfection
cachet and French arrival, missing sideflap
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SOLD for € 2,600.00
Closing..May-30, 12:00 PM |
| 20435 |
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 Description1840 Letter from a Deputy Postmaster to the Sheriff of Calcutta explaining the expenses for a Dak runner from Benares to Gourckpore and then on to Calcutta, endorsed “Dak B Dept”, fine and useful postal history item
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| 20436 |
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 Description1842 Entire from Madras to Bordeaux, reverse with “MADRAS / STEAM LETTER” framed ds (Giles SD19), Madras boxed ds (Giles 19), French transit and arrival, obverse with “INDIA” oval hs (Giles SD6) and French
“PAQUEBOTS / DE LA / MEDITERRANEE” hs, fine
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| 20437 |
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 Description1843 Entire written and signed by General Sir Charles Napier, the British Army’s Commander in Chief in India, endorsed “Free” with Calcutta bs, fine
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SOLD for € 280.00
Closing..May-30, 12:00 PM |
| 20438 |
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 Description1845 Ladies ornamental envelope of fine ribbed paper with decorative printed borders and wafer seal on backflap, addressed to Col. Griffith, Artillery Commandant in Bombay, from Nasik with black boxed ds with ms
date (Giles type 2), Bombay bs, extremely rare in this form and one of the finest pre-stamp Indian ladies envelopes
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| 20439 |
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 Description1848 Stampless envelope from Calcutta to England with “INDI” boxed hs with missing “A”, along with despatch, London and Cobham cds, minor soiling and backflap faults, very unusual
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| 20440 |
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S1 |
 Description1852 1/2a White “Scinde Dawk” on large part native cover, with large margins all around, cancelled by JC type E “cogwheel”, stamp toned and creased, rare Expertise: Cert. BPA (2013)
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| 20441 |
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S1 |
 Description1852 1/2a White “Scinde Dawk” with large to huge margins cancelled by pen cross and some residue ink, slightly discoloured as is common, an unusually fine example
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| 20441A |
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S2 |
 Description1852 1/2a Blue “Scinde Dawk” used with good margins, only a trace of a red cancel, small natural inclusion spot by 2nd N of ANNA, very fine, cert. BPA (2011) (also certified by RPS (1949) and Sismondo (2007) which
state that the stamp is unused)
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| 20442 |
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S3 |
 Description1852 1/2a Scarlet “Scinde Dawk” with dotted cancel, some paper remnants on reverse, some faults, still a fine looking example of this rare stamp, cert. RPS (2013) (SG £18’000)
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SOLD for € 6,000.00
Closing..May-30, 12:00 PM |
| 20443 |
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 Description1854 1/2a essay in “9 1/2 Arches” vermilion shade, in top marginal pair showing “ANNA each Stamp” inscription, couple of light tone spots otherwise fine and scarce (SG £4’500+)
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| 20444 |
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 DescriptionHALF ANNA USED BEFORE OFFICIAL DATE OF ISSUE COVER SENT ON AUGUST 17, 1854 FROM THE TONGNOO POST OFFICE IN BURMA 1854 1/2a Blue, two well-margined singles, die I, both cancelled by diamond of dots & tied by red boxed INDIA PAID
& LONDON PAID cds, on small neat envelope from Tongnoo to Devon, England, paying the double Indian inland rate up to 1/2 tola, showing dispatch TONGNOO / 1854 AU 17 cds & boxed transit CALCUTTA / G.P.O. / SHIPLETTER / 9 SEP 1854, both in red This is
apparently the unique and certainly earliest usage of Indian stamps prior to the official date of use Accompanying two letters verify the fact that stamps were available at the Tongnoo post office in August 1854, the two copies of letters number
“No.210” & “No.549” were written by “J.R.B.Bennett, Postmaster General” to “The Director General of the Post Office in India” dated “Calcutta, General Post Office, the 28th August 1854” & “The Postmaster General of Bengal” dated “Rangoon 19th August,
1854” Letter No.210 states: “I have the honour to submit herewith copy of a letter No.549 dated 19th instant, from the Postmaster of Rangoon, from which it appears, that the authorities of Tongnoo through some unaccountable misapprehension have been
vending the Stamp Labels supplied to that station and that the Tongnoo mail of the 10th instant which came in on Saturday last, contained several letters bearing the new Indian postage stamps” Letter No.549 states: “I have the honour to acquaint you,
that in the mail dispatched from the Tongnoo Post Office on the 10th instant, received today, were enclosed several letters for delivery at this place and for transmission to the General Post Office, bearing the new India Postage Stamps…..” Note: The
official date of issue was October 1, 1854 This is the unique usage of an India stamp prior to the official date of use. A marvellous exhibition showpiece and one of the most important items of Indian postal history Obviously, one of the greatest
items in Indian Classic Philately Expertise: BPA (2012) States “INDIA – early use, in Burma: 17th August 1854 envelope from Tongnoo, Burma, “via Southampton” to London, franked (before official issue date) with two single 1854-55 1/2a, Die I (SG 2),
cancelled ….., is genuine” Estimate: € 100’000 – € 150’000
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| 20445 |
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 Description1854 1/2a Blue die I with clear margins showing pre-printing paper crease causing a white line down the right hand side of the stamp, diamond of dots cancel, cut at foot touching design and slight thin, a similar
example sold for € 2’800 in our September 2012 auction, cert. BPA (2012)
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