INDIA continued... Used Abroad continued... Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1451 Kuwait/Tibet. 1922 Piece bearing KGV 1r + 2r cancelled by "KUWAIT / M.I.D" telegraph datestamp; also 1942 cover to Kalimpong with KGVI 1½a cancelled by "YATUNG TIBET / VIA - SILIGURI" c.d.s. (2). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1452 Nepal. 1896 (March 9) Nepal postcard unusually posted into the Indian Post Office and accepted as valid, cancelled by "NEPAL" c.d.s. Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Burma Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1453 1855-1935 Covers and entires including 1855 cover to England with very scarce "RANGOON / POST OFFICE" c.d.s (Proud D1) but with the stamp unfortunately removed; 1859-60 entires franked 1a from Calcutta or Moulmein (octagonal "B/127" cancel) to Rangoon both with boxed "RANGOON / SHIP LETTER / PAID" backstamps; 1880 registered cover from Moulmein franked 1a + 4a with boxed "No / REGISTERED / MOULMEIN / Date" (Proud R3); c.1890 ½a envelope with "RANGOON STEAMER / SERVICE / A. OUT" c.d.s (D1); 1901 registered cover from Rangoon to G.B with violet circular "A.R", etc, some faults. (18). Est. £200-240 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1454 1862 (July 17) Cover to Calcutta franked 1a, tied by octagonal "B/5" obliterator, red "AKYAB / P.O" backstamp. Est. £80-100 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1455 1872-74 Covers with type 9 duplex cancels, 1872 cover to Jersey franked 2a + 4a cancelled by "THYETMYO / B / 159" duplex (Proud KD4); and 1874 cover to Italy franked 8p + 2a strip of three cancelled by scarce "MANDALAY / B.B / 180" duplexs (Proud KD2), octagonal Rangoon backstamp. (2). Photo on Page 178. (Image1) Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1456 1897-1922 Covers and cards with railway cancels, comprising T.P.Os, Train Late datestamps (6), Rangoon R.M.S, etc, some faults, ex Proud. (33). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Air Mails Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1457 1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad First Aerial Post, cover to Pachmarhi bearing two KEVII 3p stamps with the special pictorial cancel in magenta, Allahabad and Pachmarhi backstamps, very fine. Photo on Page 178. (Image1) Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1458 1927-44 Covers and cards written up on 16 pages including 1927 (Feb. 23) Delhi to Lahore flight by Stack & Leete, 1932 London to Sharjah first flight, various commercial covers with 1932 (Sep 1) Aden to G.B by air from Cairo franked 5½a, c.1934 registered cover from Damao, Portuguese India to G.B flown from Karachi, 1934 Gibraltar to Aden cover endorsed "Air Mail Service is not extended to Aden", 1937 India to Aden cover franked 7½a, 1943 Kuwait to India cover franked 2a6p in Indian stamps, etc. (22). Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1459 1930 (Nov 18) Singapore to Karachi, return R.A.F flight, cover carried on the Calcutta to Allahabad leg with oval "D" Coy, 1st Bn. The Cheshire Regt cachet and three line flight cachet, reverse with KGV 1a cancelled at Park Street, Allahabad arrival c.d.s. Very fine, 36 covers flown. Est. £180-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1460 1930 (Nov 18) Singapore to Karachi, return R.A.F flight, cover carried on the Calcutta to Delhi leg with violet flight cachet and oval 1st Gordon Highlanders Officers Mess cachet, reverse with KGV 1a cancelled at Park Street. Very fine, 43 covers flown. Est. £180-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1461 1930 (Nov 22) Singapore to Karachi, return R.A.F flight, cover flown on the Allahabad to Delhi leg posted upon arrival franked KGV 1a, oval cachet of "D" Coy, 1st Bn. The Cheshire Regt, minor stains, otherwise fine, 73 covers flown. Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1462 Dubai/Sharjah/Bahrein. 1932 England to India route via the Persian Gulf, Oct. 1st first flight covers from London to Bahrein (Oct. 7 backstamps) or Shjarjah, and cover carried on the first return flight from Dubai to London on October 6th with India 1a3p vertical strip of five on the reverse tied by light "DUBAI / PERSIAN GULF" datestamps in blue dated 15 Nov. Very scarce, just twelve covers carried on this flight from Dubai; all had the stamps uncancelled due to an oversight so were returned to Dubai and cancelled on Nov. 15th, over a month after the flight took place. (3). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1463 1938 Imperial Airways Southampton to Singapore survey flight by the flying boat "Coogee", outward flight cover from Kankroli (Feb. 22) flown to Allahabad (20 flown), and return flight cover flown from Lashkar, Gwalior (Mar 2) to London, both fine. (2). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1464 1939 (July 30) Cover from Karachi to USA franked 13½a, carried on the first Imperial Airways flight from Southampton to New York, arrival backstamp (Aug. 6), fine and scarce, just five covers carried from India. Photo on Page 178. (Image1) Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1465 1939 (Oct 27) Indian National Airways Delhi to Karachi via Lahore return first flight, cover franked 2a, signed by the pilot D.D Anand, a little stained but very scarce. Est. £120-140 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1466 1943-44 Covers from forces in India, sent air mail to South Africa or G.B franked 8a, the 1943 (June 20) cover to Natal scorched at edges with violet "SALVAGED MAIL / FROM / FIRE" and Egypt Postage Prepaid c.d.s (July 28) on reverse; the 1944 (Oct 25) cover to G.B with violet "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER". (2). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Rocket Mail Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1467 1934 (Sep/Oct) Sangor Island ship to shore flights, covers carried on rockets 1 and 4 on Sep. 30, or rocket 9 on October 3, all bearing "Ship to Shore 1st Rocket Despatch" vignettes printed in green, blue or red, a KGV ½a cancelled at Sangor Island or Muriganga, signed by the Captain of the despatch vessel "Pansey" (no. 1), Lighthouse Keeper on Sangor Island (no. 4) or the Head Semaphore Attendant (no. 9). Also unused examples of the three vignettes, and three 1979-92 covers with cancels or stamps commemorating Stephen Smith and his rocket mail experiments of 1934-44. (9). Est. £500-600 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1468 1934 (Oct 4) Diamond Harbour ship to shore rocket flight no. 10, cover with vignette tied by "Ship to Shore" cachet, KGV 3p + ½a tied by Diamond Harbour c.d.s, signed by Stephen Smith, also an unused vignette. Fine, 75 covers flown. (2). Photo on Page 178. (Image1) Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1469 1934 (Dec 16) Sangor Island ship to shore night flights, cover with "The Statesman" printed advert bearing a vignette tied by cachet of the Semaphore Station Sangor Island with KGV 9p tied by Park Street Calcutta c.d.s, a miniature edition of The Statesman newspaper printed on two sides enclosed, the cover and newspaper both handstamped "BY ROCKET MAIL" and signed by Stephen Smith. Also an unused vignette. Two rockets (no. 12, 13) each carried 110 covers with newspapers enclosed. Very fine and scarce with the enclosed newspaper. (3). Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1470 1934 (Dec 16) Sangor Island first night firing on land, cover with vignette tied by "Lighthouse / Sangor Island / 16.12.34" cachet, a KGV 9p tied by Park Street Calcutta c.d.s, signed by Mary Shenton, wife of the Lighthouse Keeper who launched rockets 14 & 15, an enclosed slip with arms of the Devonshire Regiment and "Greetings By Rocket", very fine. (2). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1471 1934 (Dec 17) Sangor Island first night firing from shore to ship, two covers carried on rockets 21 or 22 with red vignette, "BY ROCKET MAIL" and Semaphore Station Sangor Island cachets, a KGV 9p cancelled at Park Street Calcutta, both signed by the Lighthouse Keeper W. Shenton, one also signed by Stephen Smith, the other with "The News of the World" cachet. Also a rare unused vignette signed in the margin by Stephen Smith and dated 17/12/34. Fine, both rockets recovered from the sea. (3). Est. £350-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1472 1935 (Feb 27) Calcutta Press rocket firing at Dhakuria, cover carried on rocket 24 bearing a maroon vignette tied by rocket cachet, a KGV 9p tied by Park Street Calcutta c.d.s, signed and dated by Stephen Smith, also an unused vignette. The rocket burst in mid air scattering the 130 covers on the ground. (2). Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1473 1935 (Mar 23) Royal Silver Jubilee firing at Diamond Harbour, cover with special vignette tied by the diamond shaped cachet "Royal Silver Jubilee 1910-1935 Rocketgram", a KGV 9p cancelled at Diamond Harbour, signed by Stephen Smith. Also an unused vignette. Two rockets (no. 27 & 28) each carried 100 covers. (2). Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1474 1935 (Apr 7-13) Sikkim Durbar rocket flights, covers bearing the Silver Jubilee yellow and blue vignette (3) or green vignette with Sikkim Durbar overprints tied by "ROCKET MAIL EXPERIMENTS / SIKKIM" cachet and franked 9p, carried on rockets 1 (Apr. 7) or 4 (9 Apr.) from or towards the Gangtok Post Office both cancelled at Gangtok, rocket no. 4 over the River Rangpo (Apr. 13) cancelled at Rangpo, or rocket no. 3 over the River Singtam (Apr. 13) cancelled at Singtam, all signed by Stephen Smith, also three unused vignettes. Fine, between 100 and 200 cover flown on each rocket. (7). Est. £500-600 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1475 1935 (Apr 8-10) Sikkim Durbar rocket flights, Rocketgram stationery cards with printed Silver Jubilee vignettes on green or gold card and two covers bearing Silver Jubilee vignettes in red or blue, the vignettes all with Sikkim Durbar overprints, all with violet "ON SIKKIM DURBAR SERVICE". The two Rocketgram cards from rockets 2 and 3 fired from Sir Tashi Namgyal Field, Gangtok, both despatched by the Maharajah on April 8th, with printed signatures of the Maharajah, the covers sent on April 19th on rockets 5 or 7 over the River Ranikhola, all fine. (4). Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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