COLLECTIONS: 1865-1969, Mint collection on album pages with stamps stuck down until KEVII then hinged with1902-11 set to 25R, KGV 1911-22 set to 25R, 1926-33 to 25R, KGVI 1937-40 to 25R, 1948 Gandhi set, plus Officials incl. KEVII 1909 to 25R, KGV 1912-13 to 25 R, etc., fine and fresh collection, plus a mint collection of Pakistan (SG £9'200) (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1865-88, Collection of 47 mint/unused blocks of four incl. officials, some marginal, mixed condition, a difficult group to assemble (SG £5'100 )

COLLECTIONS: 1880-1930, Small mint & used assembly of Indian States, mostly reprints, plus an Afghanistan Tiger's head First issue, mixed

COLLECTIONS: 1913-79, Mint nh collection with better stamps incl. 1913 15R, 1937-40 to 25R, 1948 Gandhi set, etc., incl. officials, badly arranged, mostly fine and fresh (Image)

1854-55 1/2a Blue die II marginal unused block of four, pos. 47/56, ungummed, showing portion of marginal inscription, light diagonal crease and toned paper, otherwise fine positional item (Image)

1854-55 1/2a Blue die II unused block of four, pos. 27/36, ungummed, slight thin and toned paper, fine appearance (Image)

1854-55 1/2a Indigo die II unused block of four, pos. 67/76, ungummed, toned paper, horiz. crease between stamps and vert. crease affecting right vert. pair (Image)

1854 1a Red left marginal block of four with inscription, unused, very fine (Image)

1854 4a Blue on pale red, 2nd printing, head die II, frame die I, with good to huge margins, pos.8 of the 12 setting, used with diamond of dots cancel, centre row fold otherwise fine, cert BPA (2017) (SG £700) (Image)

1854 2a accumulation of 78 stamps, showing a range of shades and cancellations, noted used abroad incl. Labuan dotted circle cancel, Pondicherry C111, Akyab and Singapore, mixed condition (Image)

1902-11 15R Blue & Olive-Brown mint nh block of four, toned gum otherwise fine and rare multiple (Image)

1911-20, Three covers incl. Allahabad First Aerial Post cover to Agra, with KEVII 3a, 6a & 12a tied by special flight cachets with registered label on reverse, despatch and Agra backstamps, minor soiling, and 1920 (Mar 11) Bombay to Karachi flight with 12a tied by BOMBAY / AIR POST cds, with "Karachi Air Service" manuscript alongside, and 1920 Gwalior registered envelope Lashkar to Bombay with QV/KGV franking, faults (Image)

1911 Allahabad First Aerial Post picture postcard of the plane, signed by the pilot H. Péquet with reverse franked with 1/2a and tied by magenta special cancellation, fine, printed on glossy card inscribed "First "Aerial Post," Allahabad, February 18, 1911.", described as type 2 in the article by Uttam Reddy in the London Philatelist vol.124 no.1425 p.142 (Image)

1911 Allahabad First Aerial Post cover to Dehra Dun, with KEVII 3p grey, 2a violet & 8a purple, all tied by fine strike of the special flight cachet with boxed U.P. EXHIBITION CAMP/ALLAHABAD registered hs adjacent, despatch and Rambash backstamps, very fine and rare usage (Image)

1911 1R, 2R, 5R and 25R plus 1926-33 10R, all mint hinged (one cheaper value with hinge thin) (SG £845) (Image)

1925 Picture postcard depicting photo of airplane inscribed S.H.Smith with violet triangular cachet Anglo-India/Air Survey/Calcutta-Karachi' franked India KGV 3p grey pair tied by 19 feb cds, red etiquette BY'ANGLO-INDIA/SURVEY.D.H.50/CALCUTTA-KARACHI' alongside, very fine (32 flown) (Image)

1925 Real photo postcard of airplane on the ground presumably in Calcutta franked uncancelled KGV 1a with ANGLO-INDIA AIR SURVEY etiquette and cachet alongside, addressed to London where 1d postage due applied, signed 'A:Elliott Engineer', fine (31 flown) (Image)

1927 'RED ROSE' flight by Mrs Keith Miller and Capt. Lancaster en route from England to Australia in an Avro Avian moth plane, this cover carried from Calcutta to Australia franked India KGV 1/2a (2) tied by 20 Dec cds, franked Australia 1d on arrival tied by Darwin cds, signed by both pilots. Of the 37 carried on the last leg 34 were lost in Australia. Cover with missing backflap and other small faults. Good appearance and a major rarity. (Image)

1930 (Feb 23) Hyderabad to Jodphur illustrated airmail envelope with KGV 1a and Airmail 2a marginal which has been signed by the designer G. Grant, tied by Hyderabad cds, reverse signed by Grant and Stephen Smith with arrival cds, fine (Image)

1933 MOUNT EVEREST Flight: Envelope addressed to England franked air 8a KGV 3p (2) tied by violet 2-ring HOUSTON MOUNT EVEREST FLIGHT / PURNEA 7 APR 33 cds, on reverse 3 line wavy cachet HOUSTON-Mt EVEREST / FLIGHT / 1933, , flown by Lt. D. McIntyre on 2nd April, cover tear at right, only 2 covers recorded with this cachet by A.R.Binns (the Philatelist Nov.1960) (Image)

1933 (Sep 6) "First Flight Conveying a Cargo of Fish in India", cover with KGV 1a3p tied by indistinct cds, special label tied by fish-shaped hs, signed by pilot Moylan and on reverse by Stephen Smith along with Park Street arrival, very fine (Image)

1948 Gandhi mint og set hinged in a grey Courvoiser presentation folder, small amount of writing on cover otherwise fine (Image)

1948 Gandhi Service 3 1/2a pair with Govenor General Camp cds, toned with crease at lower left and repaired top right corner perf., scarce, cert. BPA (2013) (Image)