India 1930s/50s Photo "Proofs", nine different in varying sizes neatly matted; includes a KGV1a3p, KE VIII vignette, KG VI vignette (back side signed by artist/ engraver and the master/ security printing, India), an unadopted KG VI (?) 12a Official Postage signed by the artist/ engraver, 1949 2½a Bodh Gaya Temple (issued as a 3½a), 1949 2R, 10R (larger than issued size), Travancore 1ch Lake Ashtamundi, etc., Very Fine (Image)

CV. 75

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. 50

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. 80

203-06S, 1948 Gandhi, "SPECIMEN" overprint, the complete set in a black velvet presentation folder with clear cellophane outer covering- the 10R hinged, other values affixed to gold leaves, the 3½a, 12a small gum stains and surface blemishes, otherwise Very Fine; 2013 BPA certificate (Scott $13,000) (Image)

CV. 6,000

289-90, 1957 Indian Mutiny Centenary, Color proofs selection of imperf pairs and operf singles proofs in three different colors (18 proofs total) each on gummed paper (disturbed and.or lightly toned), F-VF (Image)

CV. 400

361A-362, 364-65P, 1962/63 10np/50np Wildlife Preservation, Color proofs assortment of 19 proofs in different color combinations, 10np (3), 15np (8), 30np (4), 50np (4), on gummed paper - most with disturbances to some degree, generally fresh and F-VF, a scarce group (Image)

CV. 400

466 var., 1968 15p First Triennial Exhibition, Orange color omitted, top margin vertical strip of four with bottom stamp the error, NH, fresh and Very Fine, a rare color missing error (SG 564a, £10,000) (Image)

CV. 3,000

471-72P, 1968 Olympics, Color proofs, 20p, 1R perforated color proofs in four different colors each (incl issued color) affixed on 2 India Post presentation cards, two of the proofs perf faults and some minor staining, still Fine and quite scarce (Image)

CV. 400

586P, 1973 Discovery Leprous Bacillus, Color proofs, five different imperforate top margin blocks of four on gummed paper, NH, one block affected by some light even gum toning, Very Fine (Image)

CV. 200

588P, 1973 20p Hume, Color proofs, four different imperforate blocks of four on gummed paper, NH, gum tone spots affect a few of the proofs, still Very Fine (Image)

CV. 150

2278, 2009 1R Gandhi, Imperforate, roght margin block of 20, NH, Very Fine (Image)

CV. 200

1933 Postal Card to Zanzibar Charge Postage Due, KG V 9p card cancelled with a Lahore cds (datelined "5.12.33"), framed "T CTS. 15" handstamp, Zanzibar 19341 15c Due (Scott J5, SG D8) affixed and tied by cds, card evenly toned and stamp roughly separated from sheet and a light crease, still Fine and rare due franking (Image)

CV. 250

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.

CV. 50