1901 1/2c brown surcharged "B.R.A. 5 / Five Cents" inverted, canceled by violet "Field Post Office No.20, May 3,1901" Tientsin pmk on cover, used in combination with India C.E.F. 1/2a, tied by "FPO No.20" cds, addressed to Captain Cooper, 1st Sikhs, Tartar City, Peking, with FPO No.7 (Ancient section of Peking) arrival on back, fine usage of the rare inverted surcharge on cover (SG £2,750 as used off cover) (Cat No. SG BR133A) (Image)

Est.US$6,500

1901 (31 Dec) Indian 1/2s stationery entire, "F.P.O. No.11" cds, "Nowshera Cantt." handstamp on front, with Tuticorin (25 Jan 02) and Nowshera (31 Jan 02) arrival pmks on back, some backflap mending, fine Boxer Rebellion cover to Nowshera (today a town in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan). Field Post Office No.11 arrived at Wei-Hai-Wei and was sent from there to Taku and Sinho (Image)

Est.US$500