1848. Envelope addressed to the '4th Bengal Regiment, Nuserrabad' bearing Great Britain SG 54, 1s green (embossed) tied by Bath numeral with Bath dispatch on reverse, endorsed 'via Southampton/per steamer' with boxed Calcutta/Paid transit and framed Nuserrabad/Paid' arrival. Nice item of mail into the 1st Sikh War. (Image)

1854 Lithographed ½a. blue, Die I, tied by diamond of dots to neat small cover to Jaffna, bearing on the reverse boxed "MADRAS/Paid." h/s in red with date '3-1-55' in m/s and boxed Receiving House No. 1 h/s in black, fine.
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1854-55 Lithographed 1a. red, Die III, part sheet watermark, unused without gum, partially cut/touched outer frameline, close to white margins else, fresh and fine. A SCARCE STAMP UNUSED. (SG £3750)
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1854 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 2nd printing, sheet pos. 9, used and cancelled with superb strike of diamond of dots, cut square with wide margins all round, fresh and very fine, with Ferchenbauer signature and note. (Image)

1854 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 3rd printing (Head Die III, Frame Die I), watermark inverted, sheet Pos. 8, used and cancelled by diamond of dots, CUT SQUARE with wide margin at left, touched (bottom) to complete margins else, fresh and fine. A SCARCE STAMP CUT SQUARE. B.P.A. certificate (2018) (SG £2250) (Image)

1854-55 Lithographed 4a. deep blue & red, 4th or 5th printing, sheet pos. 15, used and cancelled by fine strike of black diamond of dots, cut square with even wide margins all round, slight horizontal bends otherwise fresh and fine. RPSL 2017 certificate (SG 26) and BPA 2018 certificate (SG 23). (Image)

1854-55 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 4th printing, Pos. 22, variety "PARTIAL KISS-PRINT DOUBLING OF HEAD" with clearly visible traces of doubling (hair, diadem, face and portion of other parts), used and cancelled by black diamond of dots, cut square with slightly cut top and bottom frame-line, otherwise fine. RPSL (2017) and BPA (2018) certificates. (Image)

1854 Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 4th printing, used in combination with 2a. green on piece of cover from Arcot, tied by "C/124" numeral h/s, part of London 1858 datestamp on piece. The 4a. with clipped corners at right, cut square else, and with a short notch at left, few gum stains otherwise fine stamps.. (Image)

1854-55, Lithographed 4a. pale blue & red from 4th printing, sheet pos. 5, used with superb strike of Calcutta "B/1" octogonal Bengal type h/s, cut square with complete frame-lines except a short pre-cut at foot, fresh colours, fine. An attractive example.
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1854, 2a. green with near to complete (7/8) outer framelines, used with fine Bombay type numeral "3" of Mumbadevie Registered House, minor toning, fine.
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1855 (7 Oct), Large part of long-size cover from Neemuch (Gwalior State) to a place near Bundi, deliver to KOTAH, care off..., franked by two pairs of lithographed ½a. blue, Die I, tied by black diamond of dots, with red "NEEMUCH/7/OCT/1855" double-ring despatch datestamp along with boxed "PM" in black on back, red "KOTAH/9/OCT/1855" arrival datestamp on front. All adhesives damaged more or less, and envelope reduced at lower left and upper right, but it is an unusual 2a. franking, and an early cover from Gwalior to Bundi, where there was no Imperial Office at this date, and consequently delivered at the next, the Kotah P.O.
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1855 (27 Dec), REGISTERED cover from Bangalore to Madras franked on back by lithographed 1a. red, Die II, tied by black diamond of dots, with rect. framed "BANGALORE/PAID" h/s in red + date '27-12' in m/s and boxed Madras 'Receiving House No.2' h/s in blue on front, boxed "AM" in black and red "G.P.O./1855 DE 29" arrival d/s on back. Cover reduced at left otherwise fine with a fine stamp (wide margins around) and fine strikes of the various postmarks. (Image)

1856 Entire from Bombay to Broach insufficiently franked by 1854 1a. red only, cancelled by numeral "1", red boxed "INSUFFICIENT" and trisected "BOMBAY/1856 August 4/Bearing" d/s in black + "2 as" in m/s alongside, scarce trisected d/s "BROACH/1857 August 27/Bearing." (unrecorded by Giles) on the reverse.
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1858-81: Four covers from India to Ireland with various frankings (6a. (1858 cover), 4a. (1860), 6a8p. (1864) and 4½a. (1881)), different destinations in Ireland, and with various postmarks, in somewhat mixed condition.
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1861, letter from BOMBAY to Bordeaux. The letter was "Forwarded by FORBES & Co." via Marseille. "INDIA PAID" crossed out because between March 1857 and Jan. 1862 postage could not be prepaid for India letters to a foreign destination via Marseille. It was replaced by black INDIA UNPAID with english taxmark "GB 1 F 62 4/10" (Image)

1862-72 Bombay Forwarder: Three forwarded covers from Bombay to Europe, with 1) 1862 stampless letter to France "FORWARDED BY/EWART LATHAM & Co/BOMBAY" oval in blue, 2) cover 1870 to London franked 8a. and 8p. and with "FORWARDED BY/SIR CHARLES FORBES & Co./BOMBAY" oval in black, and 3) 1872 cover to Glasgow franked 8a. bright carmine tied by "FORWARDED BY/FINLAY MUIR & Co./BOMBAY" oval in blue.
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1865-76 Group of 27 East India stamps unused, including 1865 2a. five singles (orange or brown-orange), 4a. green (removed cancellation but looks like unused), 1866 4a. both green and blue-green, 1874 1r. slate, and others, in mixed condition. (SG about £1300)
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1868, folded letter from CALCUTTA via Bombay with "CULCUTTA INDIA UNPAID" mark via Suez to Bordeaux with british taxmark "GB 1F 66". (Image)

1869-78 TELEGRAPH STAMPS: Set of 12 values from 1a. to 50r. on paper watermarked Large Crown over INDIA (SG T4-8, T11-13, T15, T17, T18 and T20), mint never hinged, some lightly toned, fresh and fine else. (SG £4175)
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1869-1878 Telegraph stamp 10r. blue-green, Die II, Wmk "Large Crown over INDIA", mint lightly hinged, fresh and fine. (SG £950)
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1882-90 QV 1r. slate, POSTAL FORGERY in the form of a Die Proof, imperforated and printed tete-beche on toned paper, with wide margins all round, few imperfections (creases outside design), fine. A VERY RARE POSTAL FORGERY. Holcombe certificate (1989)
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1898 QV "1/4" on ½a. blue-green, variety "DOUBLE IMPRESSION OF STAMP", mint lightly hinged, fresh and fine. Holcombe certificate (1989). A VERY SCARCE VARIETY. Only one sheet was printed thus. (SG £750)
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1902-06 KEVII. set of 22 stamps, complete except 3a. but with several colour shades, minor traces of usage/ageing as faded colour on 15r., but fine/very fine else incl. 25r. with Calcutta Telegraph cds. (SG about £800) (Image)

1904 Destination JAVA: Registered cover from Thakurowar to Batavia at JAVA, franked on the reverse with QV 3p. block of six, "¼" on ½a. pair, KEVII. 4a., 3a., 2a. and 1a. all tied by "THAKUROWAR/9 MA 04" cds, "N.-I. AGENT SINGAPORE/19/3/1904" transit cds and Batavia arrival cds alongside, Reg. cachet on front. Cover opened three sides for presentation, wax seals removed, fine so far.
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1912, Three envelopes bearing KE VII 10x 3 Pies, 4x ½ A + 2x 3 Pies and 5x ½ A sent to Kilossa near Daressalam, German East Africa with arrivals.
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