1867 (24 May) Visitor's rate cover small envelope from Srinagar to Amritsar, franked with India 1a brown in combination with 1867 1/2a blue rectangular, tied clear stike of the 'CASHMERE POST OFFICE C' in diamond of bars, plus manuscript 'Per Resident's Dack (sic) at lower left, in accordance with the Cashmere Postal rules of 1867, address partly cut out and missing portion of backflap, scarce. (Image)

1869 Visitor's rate cover small envelope from Srinagar to Amritsar, franked with India 1a brown in combination with 1867 1/2a blue rectangular, tied clear strike of the 'CASHMERE POST OFFICE C' in diamond of bars, plus manuscript 'Per Resident's Dack (sic' at lower left, in accordance with the Cashmere Postal rules of 1867, scarce. (Image)

1867 Registered cover (reduced at right) numbered 'No. 274' at centre top, with partial manuscript registration inscription at bottom right, , small envelope from Srinagar via Murree (destination unclear), an unusual example of a non-visitor's registered rate cover, franked with India 2a brown on front in combination with 1867 1a orange with four singles applied on reverse, all stamps appear to be cancelled 'CASHMERE POST OFFICE C' on diamond of bars duplex, one stamp cut away, unusual combination (Image)

1870 (6 Oct) Registered cover from Srinagar to Rawalpindi, franked India 4 1/2a used in combination with 1a red, paying the visitor's registration rate, endorsed on the reverse by manuscript registration 'From Cashmere PO / No. 467 Wt. under 1/4 (tola) / D6/10/70', attractive and rare as there are apparently only four recorded registration endorsements, cert. BPA (2012). (Image)

1870-1889 Covers, part covers, and cards, attractive group of nine, showing an array of usages, with registered and or combination frankings, one ex Masson, some defects, an unusual and a rare group (9). (Image)

1876 (Aug) Registered cover to Ambala (Umballa) via Murree, franked by India 7a rate, tied Kashmir 5/L6 duplex in combination with 2a orange applied on front (uncancelled), scarce registered usage. (Image)

This lot will be sold as number 71081A during the public auction.
1877 (Dec) India 1/2a postal stationery to Shahpur Zilla with 1877-78 1/2a red in oil on thick wove paper on reverse cancelled by Jammu black square obliterator and tied by Jhelum cds, the die cancelled by "L-3 / 8" obliterator, reverse with Sialkot City despatch and Sialkot transit, fine and rare, with mail only routed via Sialkot during winter 1877-78, ex Masson (with his annotations). (Image)