1850 Cover from Calcutta to Brighton by steamer "Haddington", re-addressed on arrival to Leamington and franked by Great Britain 1d. red-brown on blued paper (lettered I-A), with respective datestamps and postmarks, horiz. cover fold, through adhesive also, but still an attractive and early franked cover from India.
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1856. Envelope addressed to Bombay bearing SG 2, half anna blue tied by '57' in diamond with framed Alhemdnager/Paid' in red on face and Bombay arrival on reverse. Very fine item with plate flaw. (Image)

1854 Lithographed ½a. deep blue, with chignon retouched, also showing part of wavy framelines of the sheet watermark, unused without gum as issued, few stains and lightly toned. (SG from £225
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1855 District Post Puttoocotah: Folded cover franke by 1854 ½a. deep blue, Die I, wide margins but used damaged, tied by diamond of dots, large oval handstamp "TANJORE TALOOK TAPPAL/PUTTOOCOTAH" in red + 'Paid' and date '22-11-55' in m/s on the reverse, minor faults. A RARE DISTRICT POST LETTER with a RARE POSTMARK.
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1854-55 FLUKES: Five lithographed stamps with printing flaws including ½a. blue (Die I) with a white pearl above head, ½a. blue (Die I) with a malformed corner ornament at top left, ½a. blue (Die I) with additional colour at lower left (reading "HA F ANNA"), ½a. blue (Die II) from a worn state of the stone with some white patches and partially missing outer framelines, and 1a. red (Die I) with a patch of red colour (behind Queen's head), all used, with complete margins, fresh and good to very fine. (SG (for normals) from £330)
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1854-55 Three small covers each franked by lithographed ½a. blue (various dies and shades, one with retouched chignon), with various postmarks as from Umritsur, Neemuch and others, good to fine.
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1854-55 Lithographed 1a. dull red, Die II, used on REGISTERED cover from Bombay to Lahore in 1856, tied by diamond of 12 lines, which is known to be used in Bombay (Cooper Type 2), with trisected "BOMBAY/1856 March 27/Paid" datestamp in red and boxed "REGISTERED/LETTER No." h/s in black. The cover has been opened roughly at top right, but nevertheless an early registered cover bearing a fine and fresh 1a. red with even wide margins all round, and an interesting and scarce cancellation.
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1854 Lithographed 1a. red, Die II, six used singles with plate flaws, retouches and flukes, with 'worn ornaments' (signed Drahn), 'white line in NE corner', 'elongated frame left side top', 'retouched eye', 'retouched frames S and W', and 'elongated first arch at top left', various shades and cancellations, one stamp with a little thin, another with a touched basic frameline, complete margins else, good to fine. (Image)

1854 Lithographed 4a. blue & red from 4th printing, sheet pos. 1, Wmk reversed, used and cancelled by diamond of dots, cut square with complete margins all round, fresh colours, very fine. (SG £700)
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1854 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 2nd printing, sheet pos.7, used and cancelled by diamond of dots, cut square with complete outer framelines three sides, cut into at bottom, fresh and fine. (SG £700) (Image)

1854-55 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 4th printing, sheet pos.6, Wmk reversed, used and cancelled by diamond of 8x8 hollow diamonds, cut square with wide margins all round, fresh and fine. (SG £550) (Image)

1854-55 Lithographed 4a. pale blue & pale red from the fourth printing, used cut square on small cover from Poona to Camberwell, England via Bombay in 1857, tied by numeral handstamp "52" and "paid" in m/s, with Poona despatch and Bombay '17 Dec 57' transit datestamps in red on the reverse, red boxed "INDIA PAID", large "5" in m/s and London "PAID/HU/22 JA 22/1857" arrival cds on front. A fresh and fine stamp with compete margins all round on an attractive small cover.
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1854-55 Lithographed 4a. blue & red from the 5th printing, sheet pos. 7, used and cancelled by fine strike of Calcutta numeral "B/1", cut square with complete margins all round, fresh and fine. (SG £950) (Image)

1854/1894 Bottom left corner pair of a 1894 reprint of the 4a. vermilion & pale blue, using the essay head, widely spaced with wavy lines and rosettes in blue, on yellowish wove unwatermarked paper, from a lithographic reproduction. The paper became brownish with age otherwise fine, and most attractive. Signed by Jal Cooper.
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1856-64 4a. black, IMPERFORATED, used at Jaulna P.O. and cancelled by numeral "65" in diamond of bars, separated roughly with touched frameline at left, complete margins else, with a little wormhole at upper right (outside design), fine. A SCARCE IMPERF STAMP. B.P.A. certificate (2018) (SG for pair £8,000) (Image)

1858. Envelope with contents written from Indore (Mhow) dated 'Dec 3rd 1858' addressed to Dung, Ireland bearing India SG 38, 1/2 a pale blue (12) tied by ‘43' in numeral with framed 'Mhow/4th Dec 58/Paid' in red, endorsed 'via Marseille' and ‘Paid', routed via Bombay with boxed ‘India Paid' hand-stamp with London/Paid in red on face and Cavan arrival 'Jan 5 59' in blue. A scarce, unusual and attractive franking. A great Indian Mutiny cover. (Image)

1858. Envelope addressed (back flap partly missing, stamps faults) to 'Her Majesty's XXth Regiment, Calcutta' bearing Great Britain SG 43, 1d rose (strip of three) and SG 70, 6d violet tied by Plymouth/620 duplex 'Jy 1st', endorsed 'via Marseille' routed via London and Suez with Bombay/Paid receiver '24th July' in red and forwarded to Lucknow 'Aug 6th' and returned to 'Messrs. Cox & Co, London' with m/s 'Gone to England' and boxed 'India Unpaid' with framed 'Postage Not Paid / To London' in red on face, charged m/s '6' routed via Ceylon with circular 'Galle' transit in red '5th Sept' and Plymouth receiver in blue 'Oct 10' on reverse. Superb item of returned mail from India. (Image)

1859. Stamp-less folded letter addressed to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies cancelled by framed 'Bombay / Ship Letter / 18 / Bearing' on face with Bombay 'Oct 18 1859' on reverse rated '3 annas' in m/s. Lovely quality item. (Image)

1859-61: Three franked covers to Aden all with the scarce large circled handstamp "BOMBAY/B.P.P./Paid." in red (Giles SD10), one letter from Bombay (1859) and two covers (from Poona and Ahmednuggur) with 'Aden-Str-Point' arrival cds in red.
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1860, registered letter from COCHIN (red double ring datestamp) to Bombay bearing 1A brown plus 2A rose (x2) all tied to cover by dotted O/130 rhomboid and boxed red REGISTERED alongside, very fine (Image)

1863 Cover from Great Britain to H.M. 101st Regt. in Madras, printed "VIA MARSEILLES" crossed out and "Bombay" in m/s, forwarded and resent by Arbuthnot & Co. to Ravalpindi, franked by GB 4d. red and 6d. lilac tied by numeral "12" in oval of bars, and in Madras by 1859 2a. yellow-buff tied by Madras '30 July 63' duplex, with Madras '28 July' arrival cds on front, London despatch, various transit datestamps (Bombay, Lahore a.o.), curved "TOO LATE" and Rawalpindee '13 Aug 63' arrival d/s on the reverse. A fresh and fine combination franking on an unusual and interesting Military cover. (Image)

1863 Cover to Goruckpore, India forwarded from Cape of Good Hope to Madras by m/s Wander Grayson & Co., and forwarded from Madras to Agra by m/s Marry & Co., franked at Madras with QV 2a. and 1a. tied with Madras duplex and forwarder oval, on reverse with several (indistinct) strikes of datestamps, Bombay transit dater, arrival cds and curved "TOO LATE" in red. (Image)

1864 Cover from Ahmednuggur to Maidstone, England via Bombay and 'via Marseilles', franked by 1856-64 ½a. pale blue BLOCK OF FOUR, 1a. brown pair, 2a. yellow and 8p. purple all tied by Bombay Circle numeral "57" and pen-strokes, and on the reverse with Ahmednuggur '10 DE 64' despatch cds, Bombay '12 DE 64' transit cds and boxed "INDIA PAID" all in red, as well as black Maidstone '6 JA 65' arrival cds. Stamps with a few negligible imperfections as short perfs but still a fresh and most attractive four-colour franking.
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1867. Small envelope addressed to Paris bearing India SG 56, 8p mauve (pair) and SG 61, 2a orange (pair) tied by Pondicherry duplex 'Ap 22 67' with crescent 'India Paid' endorsed 'English Steamer via Marseille', French entry cachet and Paris arrival on reverse. Superb item. Ex Burra, Robson Lowe lot 364 27' Nov 1963. (Image)

1870/1884 Two cover from India to Down Under, with 1) 1870 cover from Tuticorin to Barham, N.S.W., Australia via Colombo, Galle and Sydney, franked by 1865 2a. orange pair and 1866 4a. green all tied by numeral "C/137", red INDIA PAID in crescent alongside, despatch and transit datestamps on the reverse, and 2) 1884 cover from Cawnpore to Wellington, New Zealand and redirected to Hutt region, franked by 1865 East India 2a. brown-orange strip of three and two singles 1a. brown on front as well as two pairs of 1a. brown on the reverse, all tied by Cawnpore 'JUN 84'-'A' duplex datestamp, Bombay, Wellington and Hutt datestamps on front and back. The early cover lightly creased and stained, the second one opened three sides for presentation and with minor faults, but still an attractive pair of scarce covers.
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