1866 SERVICE POSTAGE overprinted fiscal 4a, used, crease and surface faults caused by the cancellation as is sometimes the case, rare, cert. BPA (2017) (SG £3'250) (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1925 Envelope to England franked India 2a (uncancelled) with green label By/ANGLO-INDIA AIR/SURVEY D.H.50/CALCUTTA/TO/LONDON with violet triangular ANGLO-INDIA AIR SURVEY cachet alongside, taxed with GB 3d postage due applied on arrival, signed on reverse 'AB Elliots Engineer' and Waddon Aerodrome Croydon arrival backstamp, fine (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1925 Cover to Ambala with violet cachet CALCUTTA-RISALPUR DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT/CALCUTTA 1925, franked India 1/2a tied by Risalpur 2 Feb 25 cds, signed alongside by Flight Lt. Graham, 35 flown (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1925 Cover franked India 1a with dark pink label 'BY/ANGLO-INDIA AIR/SURVEY.D.H.50. CALCUTTA/TO/KARACHI and triangular violet cachet ANGLO-INDIAN AIR SURVEY cachet alongside, 68 covers flown, signed on reverse A.Elliott, Engineer (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1925 1/2a Stationery card cancelled Havelock Square 16 Feb 1925 cds, addressed to Delhi, with dark pink label "BY / ANGLO-INDIA / AIR.D.H.50.", manuscript annotation alongside: "Arthur B.Elliott, Anglo-Indian Air Survey, 1924-25", only 40 flown (Image)

1926 1/2a Stationery card  with typed CALCUTTA to Risalpur /By Aeroiplane/ 2/1/26 with oval cachet 27 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE with negative HAWASAE/By AIR in violet, alongside vignette applied depicting aeroplane and elephant inscribed 'By Air', fine (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1927 Cover franked India 1/2a (2) tied by Calcutta cds with an etiquette showing map of India with a rose emblem, on reverse manuscript 'Certified conveyed by air from Calcutta to Akyab in the 'red Rose' light aeroplane Dec 22, 1927' signed by the pilot W Lancaster (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1927 Flight cover from Calcutta to Burma franked 1a tied by Calcutta cds with Rangoon arrival backstamps, printed on obverse DUTCH FLIGHT, 1927, TO BATAVIA/CARRIED FROM CALCUTTA with etiquette 'AVAIL AIR MAILS/AND/SAVE TIME', this was the first venture from Europe to the East Indies by KLM (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1927 Envelope with printed advertising  for Stower's Lime Juice franked India 1a tied by  Park Street Calcutta 3 Nov. 27 cds with etiquette 'URGENT BY AEROPLANE/RETURN TRIP/CALCUTTA KARACHI'  with Karachi arrival backstamp, French Consulate cachet alongside, 55 flown, attractive (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1928 Envelope franked India 1/2a bottom marginal with 3p (2) all tied by PARK STREET CALCUTTA 3 Feb 28 cds's addressed to Burma with Akyab arrival backstamp, etiquette applied on obverse depicting map of India, inscribed ' BY AIR/BRITISH FLIGHT/FROM CALCUTTA/by Seaplane', tied to cover by postmarks and stamps, 89 flown (Image)

AIRMAIL: 1933 Envelope to Calcutta franked 1a3p tied by illegible postmark with DUM DUM AIR PORT label alongside, this tied by cachet AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND FLIGHT/CARRIED BY "The Spirit of Western Australia"/Piloted By :-Mr.JAMES WOOD/ Stage Calcutta-Lucknow/20th:July in violet, fine, 16 flown (Image)

1937-40 Set of 18 mint nh, plus 1940-43 14a, very fine and fresh (SG £600) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1854-1946, Used collection written up on album pages, starting with 1854 2a green proof, 1854 lithographs with different dies and shades incl. 1/2a (10, all 4 margins), 1a (6, all 4 margins), 4a (9, cut to shape), 2a (3, all 4 margins, Empire period with great deal of completion incl. very fine 1902-11 25R as well as the KGV and KGVI values to 25R, mostly fine (Image)

1865-1902, Mint/unused collection on 3 album pages, all partly or completely stuck down, with De La Rue issues from QV to KEVII incl. 1895 2R-5R (5R creased), 1902-11 to 2R, generally fine with fresh colours (SG £1'000+)

1933 Envelope to Burma franked on reverse India air 2a + 6a + definitive 1/2a tied by Guadur 5 Oct 33 cds's, obverse with printed design of India and flight routes, (Image)