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1941-47 British Legation Post Office
image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1997
Symbol:CPS

Registered commercial mail with KGV ½a+2a size G Registration Envelope internal usage with boxed 'NEPAL' handstamp on blue/white R label, then with Indian KGVI frankings comprising 1) use of KGV ½a+2a size G Registration Envelope from Nhaikantala to "Pharijong/Tibet" with 3p x4 on the reverse & black/white 'NEPAL' R label with manuscript "BL" but all the stamps with manuscript "X" cancels, 'PHARIJONG/28FEB44' arrival b/s; 2) part-cover with ½a & 1a on the reverse & another example of the black/white R label with manuscript "BL"; 3) local envelope from Kamalpokhari to the Kaiser Mahal Palace with ½a & 1a x4 tied to reverse by very fine 'BRITISH LEGATION/REG/(NEPAL)' cds & similar handstamp on Indian-pattern blue/white provisional R label, opened-out for display; 4) 1942 long cover endorsed "Regd & Insured for Rs1000/=..." with 3p x2 3a 8a & 1r all tied to the reverse by good to superb strikes of the Legation cds & again with 2-line handstamp but on blue/white label with printed 'NEPAL'; 5) KGVI 1½a+3a Registration Envelope endorsed "Insured for Rs 100..." from Lalitpur (765km from Kathmandu) to Bombay with ½a & 1a on the reverse & 3½a on the face all tied by the same cds & the 2-line handstamp in lieu of an R label. 

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750



Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
image Sale No: 250
Lot No:1998
Symbol:C

1945 commercial covers to "Barisal/E Bengal" with KGVI 1½a or to England with KGVI ½a & 1½a x2, in each case tied by the 'BRITISH LEGATION/(NEPAL)' so-called 'comet' datestamp (Hellrigl Type B83, which he states at page 138 was "relatively little used").

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..Mar-01-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75


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