India 1859 11a6p 4-color franked double weight letter from Calcutta to USA via Marseilles with "BOSTON BR. PKT." Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

India 1859 11a6p 4-color franked double weight letter from Calcutta to USA via Marseilles with "N.YORK AM PKT" Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

India wreck cover: 1858 single weight letter from Calcutta to the UK wth "Saved from the wreck of the Ava" Suggested Bid $400-500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-500

India 1861 cover fw EI 4a tied by "47" type 4 of Asseergurh to Ceylon with two strikes of scarce "COLOMBO POST NOT PAID" and another "POST FREE" alongside "BOMBAY B.P.P. Paid", with dispatch, transits and arrival on reverse Suggested Bid $800-1,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $800-1,000

India 1864 26a8p, 2oz rate, 4-color franked, quadruple weight letter from Bombay to the UK via Marseilles, bearing 29 stamps Suggested Bid $500-700 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-700

India 1866 Oct 17 cover from Madras to London endorsed "via Marseilles" franked with 8p purple and 6a purple provisional ovpt POSTAGE type 15, (SG 66), tied by "MADRAS INDIAN. PAID" type 9a and forwarding agents seal, and London delivery on reverse. A scarce and attractive franking especially in this pristine condition. This is a rare example of a letter sent during the time in 1866 when there was a shortage of 1,2 and 4a postage stamps in India so that 6a revenue stamps with their ends trimmed and overprinted POSTAGE in green were used for postage. Cat £900+ Suggested Bid $800-1,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $800-1,000

India Handpainted cover: 1891 cover from Agra to USA with handpainted gift wrap in tri-color. "T" and "COLLECT POSTAGE" "3 CENTS" alongside and US Postage Due stamps affixed on reverse. Scarce during this period Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)

Suggested Bid $600-800

India Handpainted cover: 1895 cover from Bombay to Mazgaon depicting an envelope handpainted in bi-color. Scarce during this period Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)

Suggested Bid $600-800

India 1895 registered parcel card to Lyon/France (which was affixed to the parcel) franked with QV 2r, 1r green & carmine and two copies of 4a, sent from Teppakulam. Some needle holes not affecting stamps - very unusual item and scarce commercial usage of QV rupee values Suggested Bid $1,200-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,200-1,500

India 1946 hand-sketched cover from Calcutta to New Jersey, showing partial route of U.S.S. General T.H. Bliss which made a round-the-world voyage from New York eastward to Calcutta and thence via Guam to San Francisco, where she arrived 15 March 1946. Suggested Bid $200-250 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-250

India 1878 18a triple weight service letter from Calcutta to the UK bearing EI stamps ovpt "On H.M.S.", 9 of ½a stamps remaining uncancelled on reverse. Suggested Bid $500-700 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-700

India 1875 6a Single weight service letter from Fort St. George to the UK Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

India 1933 Official Registered parcel card franked with Edward 2r on 10r pair + GV 8a and re-used with Edward 2r on 10r + GV 1r x2 + 8a on the other side with registration label - scarce high value usage Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

India Cover Collection - 17 covers from 1856-1874 pre-UPU period to Aden, Australia, Austria, Hong Kong, France (one with double rate), UK., via Brindisi, Galle, Marseilles and Trieste. Special cancels include B.P.P. Paid, oval SEA POST OFFICE, Forwarding agent, Bangalore, Burma, etc. A great lot to study rates, routes and cancels. Suggested Bid $2,000-2,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $2,000-2,500