1865-1955 COVER COLLECTION: Binder with an accumulation of cards, covers & Postal Stationery displaying a wide variety of frankings and cancels. Many 1930s Air Mails & WWII period Censor mail, much to overseas destinations. (c.125 cards/covers) (Image)

EARLY QV PROOFS/REPRINTS: Group of late 19th C. reprints from Dies used for 1854 ½a, 1a, etc. values. Includes ½a brownish red pair on yellowish paper with letters "E" and "N" on reverse (Spence 129), single ½a red on darker cream-coloured paper and 1a red pair on white paper with "Specimen" (lower case) printed on reverse of each stamp. Also a block of 4 x 1a red as previous but in combination with octagonal 2a design above (ex Hausberg). 4 items, all with ample margins. (Image)

CAMPAIGN MAIL - FIRST MAHRATTA WAR; 1 May 1780 EL (separate outer - small tears - and letter) to London with "LONDON/SHIP LRE" hs on front and rated '2'(d) on front, contents datelined Bombay and written by a Matthew Murray I also informed you of the capture of Amudabad by General Goddard. He Received an addition to his force of one battalion of Europeans and one of Sepoys, besides artillery from Madras and although he has so fine an army under his command, he has not yet been able to do anything decisive against the Mahratta's who have been sent from Poona to oppose him. The cost of this expedition to the [East India] Company is enormous and whether ever we will have any advantages adequate to it is doubtful. Fine contemporary insight into the first (1775-82) campaign. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, SHIP LETTERS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, MILITARY (Image)

SIEGE OF BHURTPORE CAMPAIGN COVER; 29 Jan. 1826 EL (separate outer and letter) datelined 'Bhurtpore Jany 29/1826' to London from a British officer engaged with the forces shortly after the fall. Rated '1/8'(d) and endorsed [Viscount] 'Combermere' [1773-1865] at lower left with Calcutta GPO ds and London cds on rear and "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" and Crown Free ds on front. Content ref. 'You will be glad to hear that a war was cooked up for me and a force collecting upon my arrival in India. On the 10th Dec, I took up my Command before Bhurtpore and after a siege of six weeks it fell....a most complete fall it has been to the Bhurtpore State....the natives imagined it impregnable..... Fine contemporary insight of this siege and success. Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, MILITARY, FREE MAIL (Image)

19TH CENTURY MAIL TO FRANCE; Quartet with 1842 EL to Bordeaux written on a ship whilst awaiting quarantine clearance following arrival from Pondicherry and with "OUTRE-MER/PAUILLAC" cds on front, 1844 EL to Scotland 'via Marseilles' rated '1/10'(d) with oval "INDIA" hs on front and Hooghly ds on rear, 1854 E to Marseilles with framed Madras G.P.O ds, "INDIA PAID" and "1/INDES OR/1/MARSEILLE" double-ring entry cds on front, 1860 E to Bordeaux with "BUREAU DE PONDICHERRY" double-ring cds on front. (4 covers) Cross Reference: FRANCE, DISINFECTED MAIL, FRENCH COLONIES (Image)

SIKH WARS - BATTLE OF CHILLIANWALLAH; Remarkable June 1849 mourning env. to Windsor franked GB 1d red tied by indistinct London numeral and to a Mrs M.Will with contents, datelined at 'Camp Rajcote April 23rd 1849' from a J.M.Will; Lord Gough....has been up to his tricks again. His conduct on the banks of the Ishlum is proof of the extent to which foolhardiness and obstinacy may be carried and the long list of 93 officers who fell in action may be set down as something very little short of so many murders. The regiment was tried so severely as to have 29 officers and 800 men killed before they gave way. It was almost annihilated. Sir Charles Napier's appointment has give great satisfaction in this country. His name is quite enough to shake the confidence of the Sikhs....' Superb contemporary insight into Lord Gough's failures and his replacement by Sir Napier. Cross Reference: GREAT BRITAIN, MOURNING COVERS, MILITARY, MILITARY - GB FORCES OVERSEAS (Image)

19th/20th CENTURY RANGE; Mainly used issues on hagners in binder, Br.India & Indian States (Gwalior, Jhind, Nabha, Patiala etc) inc.1860 QV 8p on white paper mint, few official 'PAKISTAN' and 'BURMA' opts, some post independent issues etc., few covers inc. 1890 ½a embossed env. with "POSTAGE DUE/1 ANNA" hs on front, 1892 ¼a PC to Allahabad with framed "TOO LATE" hs on front, 1897 2a reg. env. to Kurachee franked ½a with framed "R/TUTICORIN" hs on front. (hundreds + 20 covers/cards) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, TOO LATE MARKS, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

INDIA - WAZIRISTAN UNRECORDED F.P.O.: 1½ Anna optd. "ONE ANNA" postal stationery post card (central crease) ex Dera Ismail Khan to GB dated 2 Mar. 1895 cancelled with a partial "FIELD POST NO. 11" squared circle. Unrecorded by Proud and rare thus. Cross Reference: MILITARY (Image)

POST WWII GROUP; Range in small carton of mint and used issues in the post 1947 period some in mint blocks plus a few errors inc. misprint and misperfs e.g. 1967 20p, 1950/51 'SERVICE' issues set mint plus 5r (2) and 10r in blocks of four, few Revenues inc. Brokers Note, Foreign Bill and Court fees, 1950 ½a PC to London uprated 3p (2) + 3a and taxed, 1953 advert env. to USA franked 3a + 6p underpaid & taxed 1954 8a Aerogramme to Czechoslovakia, 1953 9p PC to Bombay with unclaimed letter label affixed & returned, 1954 airmail env. to Sierra Leone franked 8a + 6a with deficiency mark on front and many more. (large qty) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, POSTAL STATIONERY, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image)

NABHA - SELECTION OF POSTMARKS & REVENUES - village postmark range on cards or envs. inc. rare BASSI on 1889 ¼a PC and very scarce BHADSON on ½a env., and on stamps inc. scarce LOHAT-BADHI (2) and scarce KANTI (2), plus three used out of state; and revenue range mostly court fee types inc. six printed & stamped documents. (c120 items)Cross Reference: REVENUES (Image)

NABHA - MOSTLY QV ACCUMULATION STATIONERY - the great majority are used PCs or stamped envs. some registered inc. 1910 ½a green env. to Rajgarh with 1a red (2) on the back, 1932 env. to DIDWANA with KGV 3p, 1a & 3a tied to the back by "NABHAR S." cds, and 1933 1a brown env. to Karachi with 3p slate on the front and 5a blue on the back; others inc. c.1895 ¼a PC to Khanghaon with boxed "POSTAGE DUE/ONE ANNA" later erased, 1899 ½d green env. to Kurali endorsed 'missent to Kasuali' and 1948 1½a purple env. sent air to US with 2a & 1r stamps on the back, etc. Mixed condition. (c.330) (Image)

DHARAMPUR STATE: Fiscal/Court Fee stamps in uncut sheets. Inscribed "Dharampur State", 3 sheets of 8 values in green, 2 sheets of 10 in blue and a pair (different design) in blue. Small imperfections. Unusual. (Image)

HYDERABAD: Specialised collection of mint & used issues plus Postal Stationery presented on display sheets. Includes 1869 first issue plus 1880 reprints (9) and 1870 second issue plus 1880 reprints (10); extensive mint & used range of 1871-1909 issues insc. "POST STAMP" with many perf. types and listed varieties identified and similar presentation of 1908-11 issues inscribed "POSTAGE"; collection continues with the later pictorial/commemorative sets & Officials to 1949. Lot also inc. c.26 used & unused Postal Stationery items from H & G 1 onwards. (Many 100s) (Image)

KISHENGARH: Group of early 20th C. documents, c.1908-14, each bearing a 1a stamp franked with single ring cds (c.72 sheets) (Image)

ORCHHA STATE - RARE HIGH VALUES: Document with fiscally used 1939-42 group inc. 1r grey-green, 2r violet (2) & 10r turquoise. All stamps are cancelled by pen stroke and "CANCELLED" handstamp in violet. The 10r value has an SG cat. £20,000 when postally used. SG 42, 43 & 45. (Image)

SIRMOOR - 1894-99 'ELEPHANT' ISSUE: Attractive mint (hinge remains) set of eight to 1r red. SG 22/29 £200 (8) (Image)

SORUTH: 1949 1a purple, no wmk., perf. 11, Bhavnagar Court Fee stamp overprinted "SAURASHTRA" and "U.S.S. REVENUE & POSTAGE" (SG type 21), a top left marginal block of 40 (half sheet) with stamps 1 & 2 showing variety"POSTAGE" omitted, position R.1/1-2, SG 60/a. Unused with original gum, toned. Complete setting of 40. BPA (2018) Certificate. (Image)