1854 to MODERN USED COLLECTION - Album contents inc. 1854 ½a blue die I, 1a red die II, and 2a green; 1856 2a yellow, and 2a orange; 1874 9p mauve, 1865 8p mauve, 1895 2r, 3r & 5r; 1911 & 1926 selections to 10r; 1937 defins. inc. 15r; then useful selection to 2015. Plus range of official issues and Indian States, all common types. (100s) (Image)

QV-KGVI MINT & USED COLLECTION: Includes later QV range, mostly used to 5r, KEVII used to 5r, KGV used defins. to 25r and the 1930s Inauguration, Air Mail & SJ sets both mint and used, KGVI 1937 set to 25r used and to 12a mint, etc. (Few 100s) (Image)

INDIA & STATES QV-KGVI SELECTION: Range of better sets & singles on stock cards from 1885 on. Includes various mint & used issues of Jind, Patiala, Gwalior (inc. small "G" QV variety), etc. A few revenues and covers. (c.65 stamps + 5 covers) (Image)

THIRD MAHRATTA WAR - BATTLE OF SOONEE; Remarkable & fine 17 Apr. 1818 letter (no cover; faint folds and endorsed 'L Colonel C.J.Doyle' (Military Secretary to the Governor General of India; as the intended addressee) at the end of the letter. Datelined 'Camp Seiynyn in Soonelly' with content by Colonel Sir John William Adams, Commander of the British Forces on the day of the Battle of Soonee;"......we have at length got a very blow at the Peishwas whole force.....I marched at 9pm last night and arrived 22 miles at Pupulkotee by three this morning., finding Bajee Raw had left.....a few rounds from the Horse artillery Iron made his advance guard fall back.....the fruits of this affair are......four elephants, upward of 120 camel.......three or four hundred of the enemy killed......" Fascinating & important contemporary insight. Cross Reference: MILITARY (Image)

INDIA LETTER/HASTINGS - PAIR OF COVERS EX MADRAS/CAWNPORE; 1 Feb./27 June 1831 pair of ELs (full typed transcripts of both; newsy family letters) from "St. Thomas's Mount [Madras]" or from "On the River [Ganges, Cawnpore]" to Cornwall/Edinburgh each with a mainly very fine boxed "INDIA LETTER/HASTINGS" on the flap (one with closed tear from seal). The first has a mainly fine oval "MADRAS/GPO/SHIP LETTER" oval d.s. and was carried "Per Zenobia"; the other has a poor (as so often) large 2-ring "CAWNPORE/POST OFFICE" Paid mark with manuscript "9 [annas]" in centre and "2 July" beneath. Good pair from the same year with good contents. [Both ex Graham Booth.] (2 covers)Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, SUSSEX (Image)

QV - KGVI COLLECTION; Mostly used small range inc. 1854 1a imperf, perforated QV to 8a, KEVII to 1r KGV to 15r, 1931 KGV ¼a - 1r complete mint, KGVI to 25r, 1911 Coronation Durbar PO booklet, few telegraphs/revenue, few covers etc. (small qty) Cross Reference: TELEGRAPH STAMPS (Image)

NAGA HILLS/DALFA EXPEDITION - THE FIRST RECORDED COVER; Remarkable 1 Aug. 1874 env. to Debrogush, Upper Assam and franked QV ½a tied by "SHILLONG/388" duplex (no year slug) and two ms. lines. Rear with "GOWHATTY and DEBROOGHUR" d.s. Addressed to Major Cory/Commanding 44th NI (Native Infantry) who marched a force of the 42nd, 43rd & 44th into the Dalpha Hills the previous November following disturbances with the Naga Tribes. Believed a new discovery as no such examples of mail are recorded by Proud in History of the Indian Army Postal Service. Cross Reference: MILITARY (Image)

QV FRANKINGS TO ENGLAND; Range with 1884 env. to Guernsey franked 4a + ½a tied by bar cancels with Triulghenry and Bombay cds on rear, 1895/96 envs. to Manchester franked 2a6p tied by "CALCUTTA" or "PARK STREET/CALCUTTA" squared circles and 1897 env. to London franked ½a strip of five ½a. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)

CHIN FIELD FORCE MAIL WITH "BURMESE FIELD/No.2/SUB P.O." C.D.S. Rare 2 Mar. 1889 env; (opened out; few peripheral faults) to England headed 'No stamps available' and 'Chin Field Force' and endorsed by a major of the Norfolk Regt. Struck with the circular bold seriffed "T" and "LB/5D" h.s. on front. Rear with the the very rare small "BURMESE FIELD/No.2/SUB P.O." cds on rear, overlapped by an arrival cds and a Bombay transit cds. Important Field Force item. Similar example with this datestamp sold for £700 in our June 2022 sale. Cross Reference: BURMA, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, MILITARY, POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image)

CHIN LUSHAI EXPEDITION MAIL; 5 May 1890 QV 4a6p embossed env. (closed tear to rear flap) to Colchester cancelled with ms. line and "SUB FIELD PO No.2/R" cds (year date incorrect with "PAKOKKU", "BOMBAY" and "COLCHESTER" cds on the rear. Scarce mail from this short-lived expedition. Cross Reference: BURMA, MILITARY, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

20th CENTURY POSTAL HISTORY MIXTURE; Range with c.1915 local advert. env. franked Hyderabad ½a, 1932 airmail env. to London franked KGV 1a3p pair + 8a pair, c.1949 local advert. envs. franked Hyderabad 2p single or pair, c.1940 ¼a PC used and a 1943 3a meter-franked censored env. to Cape Town ex Calcutta and a cut-out of a 2a meter impression. (7 items) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

KGV VARIETIES: 1921 9p on 1a rose-carmine, mint example with variety 'overprint double'. A scarce and distinctive variety. SG 192c (£300). Also, the same issue with variety "NINE NINE" instead of "NINE PIES". SG 192a (£130) (Image)

NABHA - BETTER SETS & SINGLES: Mint & used selection on stock cards from QV to KGVI. Includes both Postage & Officials with several blocks of four. Inc. scarce 1885 3a orange-brown used SG O12 (£225), 1885 2a blue in mint block of 10 & fine mint 4a green SG 4 (£140), 1885 Official set mint to 1r (both colours) plus shades, SG O4/O20 (£271), SG O3 used (£275), KGVI mint set to 10r (ex 2r) SG 77/92 (£227), etc. Also a few clandestine forgeries, etc. Total cat. £2,500+. (small qty) (Image)