SG Br133, 1901 "B.R.A./5/ Five Cents" on ½c Brown, tied on cover to "Captain Dirk/ Special Service Officer/ British Contingent/ Peking" (last two lines crossed-out) and re-directed to "c/o Capt Conran/ Tientsin" by blue RAILWAY POST OFFICE/ PEKING handstamp, additonally franked with pair 3p C.E.F. overprints (SG C1) tied by indistinct cancels, backstamped F.P.O. No. 18 15 MY 01 plus one partially struck A.P.O. No. 4 15 MY 01, Fine and rare (Image)

CV. 750

1940 Trans-Pacific Airmail Dual Censored Covers from Bombay and Calcutta to USA, two covers, with Type 6B1 Bombay sealing censor tape, and violet PASSED CENSOR 9 / HONG KONG Triangle marking, with "Help the RAF" label on reverse; also, Calcutta cover with box censor applied over Air Mail label, sent via Hong Kong with Type 5 blue-green "PASSED CENSOR / 5" marking, and A.V. 2 marking alongside; Fine and scarce pair of covers. (Image)

CV. 150

1940-44 WW II Airmail Censored Covers to USA, four covers, one registered, from Delhi, Madras and Bombay; nice frankings and censor tapes, one with Maiden's Hotel cancel in Delhi, sent to the Jewish Daily "Forward", Very Fine (Image)

CV. 70

1941-42 WWII Registered Airmail Censored Covers, three covers with scarce wax seal censor devices in black, brown and red wax; 1941 use from Calcutta to U.S.; 1941 from Amritohara (Pakistan); and 1942 from Kurseong, West Bengal to U.S. usual mixed condition with one cover faulty, still Fine; nice frankings and uses (Image)

CV. 100

Original Historical Telegrams sent from London to the Press Times in New Delhi, two from 1950 (4 Feb and 25 Feb); both have high value franking with KG VI stamps, one paying over 55 Rupees (5R and 15R stamps); the other paid over 33 Rupees, with a block of six 5R stamps; the content of the telegrams pertain to the British Parlementary election of 1950, both before and after, and contain five or eight pages of political information; typical wear and toning, great item for historian. (Image)

CV. 80