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HONG KONG continued...

HONG KONG continued...
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601 imagePost Offices in China. 1919 10c Size H registration envelope overprinted "CHINA", sent by H.B.M Consul-General at Canton to London, insured for 3,000 francs. Franked by P.O in China 6c, 10c and five 50c stamps (paying 16c postage + 10c registration + $2.50 insurance fee) each cancelled by "CANTON / B" c.d.s, with boxed "R / CANTON B.P.O / No", endorsed "O.H.M.S" and bearing two differing "INSURED" labels, red wax seals impressed "H.B.M CONSULATE / CANTON". A rare and exceptionally fine Insured use of this registration envelope. Photo on Page 90. (Image1)

Est. £1,200-1,500

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INDIA

INDIA
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602 Various India or India States stamps including 1854 2a used (3), 1928 15r pair mint and 2a blocks of 16, 32 and 96 containing 36 tete-beche pairs, 1948 Gandhi set mounted mint, 1951 Telegraph Centenary souvenir sheet overprinted Specimen, 1912 Official 1a imperf block of four, Indian States with a few Gwalior varieties, etc. (100s).

Est. £200-250

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603 image1854-1883 QV Stamps comprising 1854 ½a, 1a and 2a fine used, 1865 8p purple mint, 1866 6a purple fiscal stamp with Postage overprint type 15 fine used, and 1883 On H.M.S 1a with "SPECIMEN" handstamp. (6). Photo on Page 76. (Image1)

Est. £100-120

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604 1854-1965 Mint and used collection including 1854 2a proof in pale green (no outer frame), 4a cut square (touched three sides), 1948 Gandhi 10r mint, Muscat set used, 1937-40 set mint, etc. (1,000s).

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Est. £200-300

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605 image1874-76 9p, 6a, 12a and 1r Blocks of four all overprinted "CANCELLED" type D7, superb unmounted mint. Also 1883 9p rose (toned) with Specimen overprint type D9. (17). Photo on Page 86. (Image1)

Est. £400-500

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606 image1882-99 Stamps overprinted "CANCELLED" type D6, comprising 1882-90 ½a (toning), 1a, 1892-97 2a6p, 1899 3p, 1883-99 On H.M.S overprint 3p (thinned), ½a, 1a (creased) and 2a (thinned), the 2a6p with partial date in lower margin, a scarce group from the De La Rue archives. (8). Photo on Page 76. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. £160-200

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607 image1902-11 KEVII 3p - 25r Set of seventeen with both 3p, 2a and 4a shades, the 25r with corner crease, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 119/47, £4,250. (20). Photo on Page 64. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Est. £400-500

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608 1926-33 15r Blue and olive, watermark upright, upper left corner marginal block of four, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 218, £400+.

Est. £100-120

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Officials
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609 image1902-09 KEVII 3p - 25r Set of thirteen, also 1925 KEVII surcharge pair and clandestine double surcharges (4) all fine mint. S.G. O54/65, 68/72, £570+. (19). Photo on Page 64. (Image1)

Est. £120-140

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610 image1925 One Rupee Surcharge essays on KEVII 15r On H.M.S overprints, two differing essays (Hammond Giles 1, 3) superb mint, very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 88. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. £400-500

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611 image1925 One Rupee Surcharge essays on KEVII 25r On H.M.S overprints, five differing essays (Hammond Giles 11, 13, 16-18) with margin at base, all superb unmounted mint. Very scarce. (5). Photo on Page 86. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Est. £1,200-1,500

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612 image1925 One Rupee Surcharge essays on KGV 15r or 25r Service overprints (Hammond Giles 28, 32), no gum, otherwise fine and very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 88. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. £300-350

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Cancellations & Postal History
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613 1810-23 Entire letters, two to Calcutta, the others all to Scotland with Ship Letter Deal (2), India Letter Deal or India Packet Letter London, two with "CALCUTTA / POST NOT PAID", one redirected from Banff to London as a free frank. Also 1842 entire letter from Sydney to Scotland "via Bombay pr. Candahar" with red oval "INDIA". Two from Delhi, a few faults. (9)

Est. £200-300

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614 1820-31 Entire letters (4) and an entire, comprising 1820 letter from the orientalist H.H Wilson at Benares to the traveller and writer James Baillie Fraser at Calcutta with oval "BENARES / POSTAGE PAID" (Hammond Giles 1, manuscript date, "Benares" underinked and incomplete); 1825 letter from Hugh Fraser at Delhi to his brother William at Camp Jehasimpore and redirected to Dryrah with boxed "DELHI / Pt FREE" (HG 2, rare with only one recorded example, "Delhi" underinked); and 1826-31 letters (2) and an entire from India to J.B Fraser in Scotland, two with boxed "INDIA LETTER / DEAL" and oval "MERUT / Pt Pd" (HG 3) or manuscript "From Hansi P. Office 24 May 31", the other posted in London. The Merut letter sent by George Fraser contains a good account of a tiger hunt on elephants. (5).

Est. £400-500

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615 imagec.1854 Entire to Rangoon bearing 1854 1a red (die 1, four large margins) with central cancel comprising a circle of cross-hatched lines, red octagonal undated "DONABU / PAID" backstamp. A very rare and unusual cancel and backstamp. Photo on Page 90. (Image1)

Est. £400-500

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616 image1855 (May 5) Entire letter written from The Baha Booden Hills, Mysore, to Dr Balfour at the Museum in Madras, endorsed "stamped ½ anna", posted two days later at Sheemooga bearing 1854 ½a (die II, four margins) tied by a rhomboid of dots, backstamped boxed "SHEEMOOGA / POST PAID" with manuscript date below. The writer, Dr H.R Oswald, has sent a specimen of Load Stone from the Booden Hills to the museum in Madras; Dr Edward Balfour has annotated the letter "Silicious Iron Ore from Mysore Hills, highly magnetic, the ore and quartz in alternate seems". Hammond Giles shows a similar "Post Not Paid" handstamp for Sheemooga (recorded 1836); this Post Paid handstamp previously unrecorded, but probably also originally used in the prestamp period. Photo on Page 90 (Image1)

Est. £250-350

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617 image1892 (Nov 2) Cover to Rangunia bearing 1854 1a red (die II, four margins) tied by "THANDACHERI" squared circle, arrival backstamp. A fine and very unusual late use of this 1854 ½a on an apparently commercial cover. Photo on Page 90. (Image1)

Est. £300-400

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618 Manuscript Datestamps. 1866-81 Native covers comprising stampless cover with manuscript "Debaee 20 Jan. 66" (?) within a handdrawn circle, datestamps of Allygurh and Agra; stampless cover with manuscript "Guhmer 6/1/68" (?) within a handdrawn circle, datestamps of Bhewanee, Baraitch and Jeypore; and 1881 ½a envelope cancelled at Delhi, reverse with handstruck circle containing manuscript "20-9-81" and place in native script, Calcutta arrival c.d.s. Very unusual. (3).

Est. £150-250

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619 Karachi. 1856-c.1880 Covers with Karachi cancels, comprising 1856 cover to Delhi bearing 1854 ½a and 1860 cover to Bombay with four 1856 ½a stamps both cancelled by Bombay Circle "95" numerals; 1863 cover to Ootacamund bearing six 1a stamps cancelled by Punjab Circle number "29" duplex in blue, and 1864 covers franked ½a with the same type cancel in black (2); 1865-67 covers with similar number "29" duplex with "Kurachee" around the datestamp portion (3); 1872 covers franked 6a to England with Sind Circle number "1" duplex (2); c.1880 covers with "K-I" All India type duplexs (3, two types). A few faults, an interesting study. (13).

Est. £350-450

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620 Receiving Houses. 1861-c.1880 Covers with Receiving House datestamps including single ring cancels "PESHAWAR CITY RECG HOUSE" (2, one registered) or "KURRANCHE R. RECG HOUSE", double ring "BOREE BUNDER / R.H" (2), "KURRACHEE RECG HOUSE" number "2" duplex on a registered cover, "MADRAS / R.H No. 3" datestamp on 1861 cover bearing ½a pair cancelled by rhomboid of dots, etc., a few faults. (10).

Est. £250-300

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621 c.1854-57 Covers (3) and stamps (19, ten on pieces) with 1856 cover bearing 1854 ½a from Bombay to Broach (fine arrival datestamp on front, ink erosion to address), and a single 1854 1a, both cancelled by a diamond of parallel bars (Cooper type 2); the others mostly with diamond of dots cancels, comprising 1856 cover franked 1856 ½a and 1857 cover from Jullendur (superb Paid datestamp on reverse) bearing 1854 ½a vertical pair, and single 1854 ½a (10, two with circle of dots), 1a (2) or 2a (6), a few faults, a useful group. (22).

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Est. £300-400

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622 Railways/T.P.Os. c.1860-1912 Covers and cards (25), stamps and pieces (7), mainly QV ½a native covers, cancellations include scarce boxed "MAIL GUARD / No. 2", "3 SECT 2 / UP / N. TRAIN" and "B.B & C.I. RY / MAIL GUARD" single ring datestamps, registered covers with boxed "M.A R.S DELHI" or "M.A PESHAWAR", etc., some faults. (32).

Est. £300-350

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623 Banghy Dawk (Parcel Post). 1862-69 Handwritten receipts for parcels posted at Bombay, the first for a prepaid parcel to Rampoor with large boxed "BOMBAY / FEB 12 / 1862", the second for an unpaid parcel to Delhi with large octagonal "BANGHY / BOMBAY / NO 16 / 1869 / UNPAID". Two rare handstamps, very few parcel receipts surviving. (2).

Est. £300-400

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624 imageBanghy Dawk (Parcel Post). 1871 Small native cover from Bombay to Hyderabad, sent as (or accompanying) a parcel, with large octagonal "BANGHY / BOMBAY / UNPAID" datestamp, also two South East Railway Sorting Office datestamps, part Paid c.d.s on reverse, a little shortened at right. A rare use of a Banghy datestamp on a cover. Photo on Page 92. (Image1)

Est. £200-300

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625 1847-1945 Covers and cards, the collection in an album including "Bombay Str. Postage / Inld do" datestamps (2), Experimental P.O or Temporary B.O datestamps (11), "Window" datestamps, "V.O" datestamps used at village offices (3), 1860 "NAGPORE / SORTED" and 1872 hexagonal "SORTING / KURRACHEE" datestamps, etc., a few faults. (70).

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Est. £200-250

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