1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT HERAT: Shahi in yellow-brown (Plate A, pos. 18), cancelled by bite and Peshawar 13DEC arrival on cover from Kabul to Amritsar, boxed POSTAGE DUE alongside, dated 8 Zulgada 1293 (2 December 1876), signed G. Bolaffi, and cert. Diena (1968)
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT HERAT: Shahi yellow (Plate A, pos. 18) cancelled by bite and tied by pen cancel on cover from Kabul to Peshawar, top flap missing, very fine, signed G. Bolaffi, cert. A.Diena
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT HERAT: Used and unused selection of the issue in yellow comprising Shahi, Sanar (unused with extremely rare watermark "187", (cert. A.Diena), Abasi and 1 Rupee, mostly very fine and signed, mounted on album page
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. HERAT/GB COMBINATION COVER India 1/2a postal stationery envelope from Kabul to Amritsar in COMBINATION with Herat issue Shahi yellow-brown (Plate A, position 7) applied on reverse, cancelled by bite and bears also boxed TOO LATE and UMRITSUR JUL 29 arrival cds, despatched on July 20th, 1876, rare, cert. A. Diena (1968)
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT JALALLABAD: Used and unused selection of the issue in purple comprising Shahi , Sanar, Abasi, 1/2 Rupee (used) and 1 Rupee, mostly very fine and signed, mounted on album page
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. COMPLETE SHEET - ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN ISSUED AT KABUL: Shahi in grey (Plate A), complete sheet of 24 examples. on watermarked paper UNIVERSAL FOOLSCAP, only two such sheets recorded, light horizontal creasing between the central values not detracting from this key item of Afghan philately, signed G. Bolaffi, cert. Diena (1968)
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. COMPLETE SHEET - ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN ISSUED AT KABUL: The different values (Sanar, Abasi, 1/2 and 1 Rupee) in grey (Plate A), complete sheet of 24 examples. on watermarked paper LESCHALLAS, only three such sheets recorded, light horizontal creasing between the central values not detracting from this key item of Afghan philately, signed G. Bolaffi, cert. Diena (1968)
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT KABUL: Unused selection of the issue in grey comprising two Shahi, Abasi, 1/2 Rupee and 1 Rupee, mostly very fine and signed, mounted on album page
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT KABUL: Shahi in grey (Plate A, pos. 10), cancelled by bite and pen stroke on cover from Kabul to Peshawar, signed G. Bolaffi, and A.Diena
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT KABUL: Shahi in grey (Plate A, pos. 10), cancelled by bite and pen stroke on cover from Kabul to Peshawar, dated 8 Jumada II 1293 (1 July 1876), signed G. Bolaffi, and A.Diena
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. KABUL/GB TRIPLE WEIGHT COMBINATION COVER 1865 India 1/2a blue in horizontal strip of three in COMBINATION with Kabul issue Abasi grey (Plate B, pos. 23, 19 and 15) in STRIP OF THREE on cover from Kabul to Rawalpindi, each adhesive with small ink cancels plus India stamps with usual barred cancels, a rare franking in very fine condition, signed G.Bolaffi, cert. A. Diena (1968)
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT KABUL: Shahi grey (Plate A, pos. 16) cancelled by bite and tied by cds on cover from Kabul to Amritsar, dated Jamada Al-Awwal 25, 1293 (18 June 1876), transit cds of PESHAWAR 26 JUNE 1876, British arrival cds AMRITSWAR 29 JUNE 1876, very fine, signed G. Bolaffi
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. KABUL/GB COMBINATION COVER India 1/2a postal stationery envelope from Jhelum (despatch cds JHELUM) 11 October 1876, to Kabul in COMBINATION with Kabul issue Shahi grey (Plate A, position 8) applied upon arrival, cancelled by bite and red blur cancel, scarce, cert. A. Diena (1968)
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT KANDAHAR: Used and unused selection of the issue in green comprising Shahi (used with bite), Sanar, Abasi, 1/2 Rupee and 1 Rupee, mostly very fine and signed, mounted on album page, mostly signed or with cert. G. Bolaffi
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT PESHAWAR: Sanar in grey (Plate B, pos. 14) in combination with 1/2 Rupee grey (Plate B, pos.16), both cancelled by bite and red blur cancel on cover to Khulm, scarce combination of these two values, signed G. Bolaffi, cert. A. Diena (1968)
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT PESHAWAR: Sanar in grey (Plate B, pos. 10), cancelled by bite on cover from Peshawar to Khulm, signed G. Bolaffi
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED AT PESHAWAR: Shahi in grey (Plate A, pos. 17), cancelled by bite and red blur cancel on cover from Peshawar to Kabul, signed G. Bolaffi, and Diena
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1293 (1876-77) The First "Post-Office" Issue. ISSUED IN TURKESTAN: Unused selection of the issue in black comprising Sanar, Shahi, Abasi, 1/2 Rupee and 1 Rupee, mostly very fine and signed, mounted on album page, mostly signed or with cert. G. Bolaffi
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