"NEGYA": on front of envelope to USA bearing 3 a. ultramarine, tied by "NEGYA 22 OCT 29", small faults, still fine and most unusual usage from this very small Burmese village

"MAGWE": on underfranked envelope to England, bearing 1 a. brown-purple tied by square circle "MAGWE 2 MA. 90", adjacent "T", taxed manuscript "42 cts" and therefore accountancy mark "I.B. 8½ d", reverse transit cds. "RANGOON X MA. 25 90" and "BOMBAY F APR 4 90", fine, a scarce and attractive usage form Burma

INDIA USED IN BURMA: 1856 Queen Victoria 2 a. dull pink and 4 a. grey black, tied by octogonal "156" RANGOON to envelope to England, adjacent framed red "INDIA PAID", reverse red "RANGOON SHIP LETTER PAID", transit cds. "G.P.O EX. CALCUTTA 1860" and arrival "WEEDON"; 2 a. small fault, fine and attractive usage

"MADRAS": clear strike on a folded entire letter to London, dated 1820, adjacent framed "SHIP LETTER LYMINGTON" (SG Type 14/7 G), with red arrival cancellations on the flap, some transportation traces, still fine and very rare English maritime entry mark, the "MADRAS SHIP LETTER" unrecorded by Giles

1864, Entire folded letter from Calcutta to Port Louis, Mauritius, dated inside "Calcutta 2 Mai 1866", endorsed on front per steamer "ST JOSEPH", adjacent superb strike "6 d- TO PAY", reverse transit cds. "REUNION 4 JUIL. 66" and arrival "MAURITIUS JY 7 66"; very fine, a delightful and scarce maritime entire

1852, Scinde Dawk, ½ a. white, cut in at left and clear at right otherwise good margins all around, used with dotted cancellation, small thin at upper left, otherwise fine

1854, Hausburg´s 1905 Reprints, 1 a. and ½ a., showing one horizontal strip of eight of each value printed in black on original book´s page, "PLATE III" at lower left, two worm holes and some translucid spots, some wrinkle at the right border, still fine and scarce

1850, roter Poststempel "CALCUTTA G.P.O SHIP LETTER 1. FEB.1850" rückseitig auf komplettem Faltbrief mit Leitvermerk "p. Beethoven" nach Mauritius mit vorderseitigem Kronen-Stempel "MAURITIUS GPO MR.21", gute Erhaltung.

1850, red postmark "CALCUTTA G.P.O SHIP LETTER 1. FEB.1850" on reverse of complete folded cover with endorsement "p. Beethoven" to Mauritius with crown postmark "MAURITIUS GPO MR.21" on front, fine

1841/1975 large selection of mint and used stamps contained within a stock book and a hundred loose pages, comprising an accumulation of early to modern British India issues, including imperforate ½ a. blue, 1 a. red and 4 a. blue and red, large assortment of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V India stamps with a variety of cancellations and in unused condition, 1937 Burma Service overprinted stamps in used set and part set, overall mostly singles although a good array of multiples and blocks, some duplication, the condition is mixed in places, although many fine examples. 

1854/55, Half Anna blue used and covers collection, neatly mounted and expertly described on album leaves, specialized with shades, dies and plate flaws, incl. two horizontal pairs on covers, some occasional faults, still a mostly fine and attractive assembly 

1854/1965, interesting, mostly used collection with better items including items and more than 60 cards and covers including a good section of postal stationery, in addition some Feudatory States, mostly good condition

1838/1908, 25 entires and one front with several interesting items including combination franking with GB, cover via Alexandria and Malta to Constantinople, etc., usual somewhat mixed condition.

1841/1960 accumulation of hundreds of covers, contained within four large stock books, three files and a number of loose pages, including early stampless covers, India 1857 ½ a. blue, 1 a. red and 4 a. blue and red on covers, large quantity of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V India stamps on a variety of mailings internally and on destination mail, postal stationery, registered post, railway stamps, air mail, OHMS envelopes, censor mail, postage due material, noted 1936 Air Mail cover franked with block of six 1 a. from Lahore to Jerusalem, with Palestine stamps tied alongside postage due mark, also a number of 1911 First Aerial Post, India Embassy in Nepal, mixed condition with many fine, a very nice collection with a lot of scarce and rare material

1845/78 (ca.), cover collection related to the East India Company with 13 covers, neatly mounted on exhibition pages, incl. covers from Madras and Adras, together with three Court Fee stamps, mostly fine 

1930/1938 selection of seven Sikkim Rocket Experimental mailings, comprising two cards, two envelopes and three single sheets, all signed by Stephen H. Smith, with a variety of labels and special event cachets, also comes with eight covers flown by the famous pilot Mrs Victor Bruce, a number of other rocket mail items, pigeongram envelope with message enclosed and a balloon flight cover front, a scarce and useful lot in good to fine condition. 

"BANGALORE": faint strike on a folded entire letter to London (Giles 9), adjacent Bombay transit cachet "G.P.O. 1843" (Giles G2) and arrival cds., on front dispatch oval "INDIA", the cover endorsed "Overland, via Red Sea Steamer PP.", fine, scarce routing

CAMP SAHARUNPOOR: 1828, Folded entire letter to London, redirected to Inverness, written from Camp Saharunpoor, reverse framed "CALCUTTA G.P.O. SHIP LETTER 6 NO 1828" and "1 / 2", British cds. and entry mark "INDIA LETTER PLYMOUTH"; cover with interesting text refering to trade with Afghanistan and Kabul, fine, scarce

"CANNANORE": fair strike on folded entire letter to London (Giles 3), with adjacent oval "OUT STATION SHIP LETTER MADRAS 20 JU 1833" (Giles SD 11), British entry via Portsmooth and arrival red cds. "C 2 OC 1833", fine and scarce 
 

"CHANDERNAGORE": partial strike on folded entire letter to Calcutta (Giles 1), with adjacent "AM", dated inside "April 13th / 30", postmark partly previously redrawn, still fine, rare mail from that French settlement

 "DINAPORE": in red, excellent strike dated 1839 on reverse of a folded entire letter to Calcutta, adjacent red "PM", fine and very scarce (Giles Type 4)
 

"GOONAH": excellent strike on reverse of an envelope to Hants, England, with various transit and arrival cds. "LONDON JU-16 58" adjacent, on front boxed "INDIA UNPAID" (two types), fine and very rare cancellation, unrecorded by Giles

"MIRZAPORE": fair strike of a three-line "MIZAPORE BEARING " (unrecorded by Giles) on reverse of a folded entire letter to Cawnpore, dated inside 1848, endorsed "to await arrival" on front, reverse arrival framed "CAWNPORE BEARING" (Giles-Nr. 13), entire with an intact and exquisite small silver seal; fine and rare combination

"NAGORE": good strike on small delicate native paper folded entire letter to Madras (Giles 1), adjacent framed "AM" and arrival red Madras "G.P.O. 1853 AU" (Giles MX5), some acidic ink imperfections, still fine, very scarce

"PORT BLAIR": fair strike on Postal Stationery 1 a. brown with reverse arrival "SECUNDERABAD DECCAN 92", together with a selection of ½ a. and 1 a. bearing similar cancellation, fine and scarce mail from the penal colony island

1894/1947 (ca.), unused and used collection of several states, including better values, multiples, varieties, covers, etc., a lot of material in medium size box.