THE MICHAEL CASWELL COLLECTION continued...
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 481 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. INTERNAL MAIL INC. OVAL "DACCA/+POST.PAID+", BOXED "NEEMUCH/Paid" & 2-ring "GHAZEEPORE
FULL POST Pd."; 1826-39 covers inc. Mar. 1829 EL (slight toning) to Calcutta with beautiful strike of the scarce double-oval "DACCA/+POST PAID+" mark with ms date, 1826 EL to Madras with partial but very rare 2-ring "GHAZEEPORE FULL POST Pd." with ms
"13as" in centre [ex H. Giles; full typescript], 1828/9 pair ex Calcutta to Assam with "G.P.O./Pt. Pd." ds (one redirected back to Calcutta & so also with oval "G.P.O./Bg.Pg." ds), and May 1839 EL to Calcutta with fine red boxed "NEEMUCH/Paid
[15ans]" ds (short seal tear), and long hastily written 8 July 1842 letter (no wrapper) from Lucknow concerning diplomatic moves with the "King of Oude" etc. (would repay careful deciphering). (6 items) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £850.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 482 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. INGOING PRESTAMP MAIL EX G.B. INC. RARE SOLDIER's 1d CONCESSION RATE, FANCY LONDON
F.A.C., ETC.; 1831-49 covers inc. 1831E ex London with "POST PAID SHIP LR/LONDON" oval ds redirected from Bombay to "Saltarah", 1832/7 pair of ELs ex London Calcutta/Saugor both with oval "MADRAS/SHIP LETTER" transit ds (both ex H. Giles; with
typescripts), 1842 E from London (family letter; mentions M. Tussauds) to Chittagong via Falmouth with a lovely garter-frame "GRINDLAY, CHRISTIAN & MATTHEWS/EAST INDIA/ARMY AGENTS/16 CORNHILL" Forwarding Agents Cachet (not recorded by Rowe who does
note their 1838 rectangular type) just across the join, a rare 1846 EL (affected by transparent brown tape - should be removed) from London "Camden Town/1D. PAID" to "Camp Deesa, Bombay or elsewhere, India" at the Soldier's ingoing 1d Concession Rate
with red oval "FREE" ds of Bombay & Kurrachee (both crossed by tape) sadly endorsed "Dead" on the front, and 1849 E ex London via France to Simlah (redirected to Umballa & Calcutta - several transit marks). (6 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY
- PENNY CONCESSION RATES, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, FREES, FORWARDING AGENTS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £380.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 483 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. BRIGHTON INDIA LETTERS IN RED OR BLACK - WITH KURNAL OR CUMBACUNUM "POST PAID" MARKS,
ETC.; 1837-39 covers (4) ex India to GB all with scarce boxed "INDIA LETTER/BRIGHTON" marks (fair to fine; one red & the others black); 1827 with mainly fine and scarce ms-dated boxed "KURNAL/POST PAID", 1832 with fair red boxed "CUMBACUNUM/POST
PAID", 1834 EL (long cross-written family letter) ex "Allahabad" with partly fine rare red boxed "INDIA LETTER/BRIGHTON", and 1839 ex Madras. Plus an 1828 E (origin unknown) with overstruck boxed step-type "BRIGHTON/SHIP LETTER". (5 covers) Cross
Reference: SHIP LETTERS, SUSSEX (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 110
SOLD for £1,600.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 484 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. BRISTOL + COWES INDIA LETTERS EX "H.M.S. UNDAUNTED" (AT MAURITIUS?) OR MADRAS; c.July
1832 EL (filing crease affects address & LH edge of I.L. frame slightly) from "H.M.S. Undaunted" to GB "P. Maria Louisa" with partly fine rare boxed "INDIA LETTER/BRISTOL" on the front (the ship was helping to quell a French insurrection in Mauritius
in June 1832, and this letter reached England in Oct. 1832); plus 1828 EL (minor dusting) ex Madras (oval "SHIP LETTER" ds on flap) "Pr. Wellington" to GB with v. fine very scarce boxed "INDIA LETTER/COWES" (left edge of frame lost with seal) charged
"2/7" on delivery. (2 covers) Cross Reference: ISLE OF WIGHT, BRISTOL, SHIP LETTERS, MAURITIUS (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 485 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. DARTMOUTH INDIA LETTER PAIR TO G.B. - WITH "CUDDAPAH/POST PAID" OR DISINFECTED (TO
MADEIRA); 1829 EL (light toning consistent with vinegar disinfection) to Madeira merchants Newton Gordon & Co.'s "Thomas Murdoch" with Calcutta boxed ds and mainly v. fine boxed "INDIA LETTER/DARTMOUTH" on the flap (the filing note show that the
addressee did not get it until Feb. 1830 although there is a Dec. 1829 London cds so this show that it was forwarded under cover to Madeira); plus 1832 EL from "Cuddapah" to GB (by the "Madras") with fair red oval-framed "CUDDAPAH/POST PAID" on the
flap and endorsed "Paid to Madras. As 7. 12th Oct. 1832" beside a mainly very fine strike of the same Dartmouth mark. Good pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL, SHIP LETTERS, DEVON, MADEIRA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £360.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 486 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. DEAL INDIA LETTER IN RED ON RARE ABOVE 3oz WEIGHT COVER FROM MADRAS; 6 Sept. 1833
large E (some creasing and toning) from Madras (v. fine oval "SHIP LETTER" d.s. on flap) to London "P. [Ship] Elphinstone" with mainly v. fine scarce red boxed "INDIA LETTER/DEAL" nearby. The letter - most unusually - weighed above the 3-ounce limit
and so was charged 4d per 1/4 ounce (letters over 3oz were charged at 1/- per ounce instead of the minimal 4d India Letter rate). It was endorsed "31/4 oz" and was therefore charged 3 times the India Letter 1/- ounce rate + 13 times the 8d
Deal-London inland rate for 74 miles (i.e.8s-8d) making the high rate of "11/8" (= 3s-0d + 8s-8d) that was charged... Very few India Letters that weighed above 3 ounces have been recorded.Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, SHIP LETTERS,
KENT (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £750.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 487 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. DEAL/DOVER/EASTBOURNE/FALMOUTH INDIA LETTERS GROUP INC. BOXED "CUDDAPAH/Paid" MARK;
1825/34 pair ex Poona/Bareilly with fine or overstruck black or red DEAL mark, 1837 E ex Bombay with scarce red boxed "DOVER/INDIA LETTER", 1839 EL ex Bombay with fine scarce pale blue boxed EASTBOURNE mark (closed tear), and 1829/36/40 trio all with
mainly fine bright red boxed FALMOUTH marks (1840 also with partly fine boxed red "CUDDAPAH/Paid" with ms date and "Inland Postage As2, Ship Do As.2" alongside. (7 covers) Cross Reference: KENT, SUSSEX, SHIP LETTERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 488 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. GRAVESEND INDIA LETTERS GROUP - BLACK OR RED - EX BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, KURNAUL OR SYDNEY;
1824/26/32 trio with boxed "INDIA LETTER/GRAVESEND" black boxed types (one v. fine; ex Bombay?, Calcutta or unknown), Feb. 1838 EL (cross-written family news) with scarce red type (overstruck) along with mainly fine scarce claret-purple boxed
"KURNAUL/Paid [1 Rs]" ds on reverse, and fine Apr. 1838 EL ex Sydney (N.S.W.) with v. fine script-type boxed "India Letter/Gravesend". (5 covers) Cross Reference: NEW SOUTH WALES, SHIP LETTERS, KENT (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 489 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. GREENOCK - SCARCE SCOTTISH PORT INDIA LETTER MARKS (2 TYPES) ON MAIL TO EDINBURGH;
1832/5 Es (one with side-flaps removed) possibly all from Bombay and all to the same Edinburgh addressee; having mainly fine boxed "INDIA LETTER/GREENOCK" (2) or very fine scarcer boxed "GREENOCK/INDIA SHIP LR." on the front. Rare trio; only very few
India Letters were landed at Scottish ports. (3 covers)Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, SHIP LETTERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 490 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. HASTINGS/"ISLE OF WIGHT"/KINGSBRIDGE INDIA LETTERS INC. CLARET-PURPLE BOXED
"CUDDAPAH/POST PAID"; 1837 EL to London with v. fine (for this) claret-purple boxed "CUDDAPAH/POST PAID" nicely placed on the flap and endorsed "Inland Postage As6/Ship do As4" beside oval Madras ds and scarce red boxed "INDIA LETTER/HASTINGS"; plus
1841 E ex Calcutta with the black Hastings IL mark, 1820 E with fair rare boxed "INDIA LETTER/ISLE OF WIGHT" overlapped by fine oval Madras ds, and part wrapper ex Demerara (B. Guiana) with fine rare red boxed "INDIA LETTER/KINGSBRIDGE". Good group.
(4 covers) Cross Reference: SUSSEX, DEVON, ISLE OF WIGHT, BRITISH GUIANA/GUYANA (Image)
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Starting at £ 110
SOLD for £2,400.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 491 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. LIVERPOOL + LONDON "INDIA LETTER" COVERS + ONE INGOING - INC. BERHAMPORE/BAREILY
MARKS; 1827-37 covers inc. 5 with fair to v. fine Liverpool IL marks (2 types; inc. 4 with Calcutta marks - one also with overstruck oval-framed "BERHAMPORE/Post Paid", and one with poor claret-purple "BAREILY/P.P...[6]" in oval) or surprisingly
scarce boxed "INDIA LETTER/LONDON" marks (2; both ?ex Bombay). Plus ingoing 1833 EL ex London to Calcutta with boxed "Inld. Ptge. 6/Ship Do 6/(2) As. 12" mark. (8 covers)Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, SHIP
LETTERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 492 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. LYMINGTON + MARGATE - SCARCE INDIA LETTERS - EX CALCUTTA/FORT WILLIAM; 1822 E from
Calcutta (fine cds on front) to London with v. fine scarce boxed "INDIA LETTER/LYMINGTON" unusually nicely placed on the front; plus 1830/6 Es pair (ex Fort William or ?Bombay) with black or scarce red boxed "INDIA LETTER/MARGATE" marks (slightly
overstruck or crossed by filing notes). (3 covers)Cross Reference: HAMPSHIRE, KENT, SHIP LETTERS, SCOTLAND (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 493 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. NEW ROMNEY INDIA LETTER FROM C.G.H. TO AN M.P. REDIRECTED IN 4d-POST PERIOD WITH
"FREE" MARKS; Unusual 15 Oct. 1839 EL (interesting family letter destined for the M.P.'s daughter!) from "H.M.S. Melville, Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope" to an M.P. in London, with a very fine boxed "NEW ROMNEY/INDIA LETTER" on the top flap
(overstruck by red cds) and charged "8"; the charge was paid before redirection to "Dorking" and there are single/double ring London crowned "FREE" marks. Rare thus; Free marks on overseas mail struck on redirection during the 4d-Post Period are
rare.Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, UNIFORM 4d POSTAGE PERIOD, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, KENT (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £500.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 494 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. PENZANCE/PLYMOUTH/PORTSMOUTH - INDIA LETTERS EX SYDNEY/MADRAS/?BOMBAY; 1835 E (opened
out) from "Sydney" (N.S.W.) to London with mainly v. fine double-framed "INDIA LETTER/PENZANCE" across the join, 1829 E from Madras (oval ds) to London with v. fine boxed Plymouth I.L. on the flap, and 1826 E from Bombay? to Scotland with a mainly
fine double-framed Portsmouth I.L. on the flap. (3 covers) Cross Reference: CORNWALL, HAMPSHIRE, DEVON, NEW SOUTH WALES (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 495 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. PORTSMOUTH INDIA LETTERS COLLECTION - VARIED RED/BLACK TYPES ON MAIL EX INDIA; 1823-33
EL/Es to London/Scotland ex "Poonamullee", Madras (3; with oval ds) and ?Bombay (3; to Edinr. with boxed "½" marks) all with fair to fine Portsmouth "INDIA LETTER" marks in red (3; 2 sizes) or in black (3; 2 sizes). Mainly fine and all endorsed by
different named ships. (7 covers) Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, HAMPSHIRE, SCOTLAND (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 95
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 496 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. PORTSMOUTH/WEYMOUTH - INDIA LETTERS WITH OVAL PSI MARKS OF "Bangalore" or "DINAPOR";
Fine 1825 EL to London with faint red boxed "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" on the front with oval Madras ds but also having a very fine oval-framed "Post Paid/Bangalore" on the flap; plus 1826 EL (flap faults) to London with partly fine boxed "INDIA
LETTER/WEYMOUTH" (crease) on the flap alongside a mainly very fine double-oval "DINAPOR/POST PAID" (affected by flap faults; very small part of the frame - but no letters - lost). Rare pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, HAMPSHIRE,
DORSET (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £480.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 497 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. RAMSGATE/SOUTHAMPTON/WEYMOUTH INDIA LETTERS INC. ONE REDIRECTED TO THE ITALIAN STATES;
1835 EL ex Calcutta with mainly very fine scarce boxed "INDIA LETTER/RAMSGATE" nicely placed on the front, 1824 EL (original printed receipt enclosure) from Bombay to Messina (Sicily) via a London Forwarding Agent with faint boxed "INDIA
LETTER/SOUTHAMPTON" on the top flap and various marks/annotations on the front, and 1829/32 pair ex Patna/Bombay with mainly v. fine boxed "INDIA LETTER/WEYMOUTH" marks (different sizes) having a near fine 2-ring "PATNA/POST PAID" on the flap or a
fine black Manchester "Addl/½" on the front. Useful group. (4 covers) Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES, KENT, DORSET, HAMPSHIRE
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 498 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. PACKET LETTER RATE COVERS VIA RED SEA ROUTE & GIB./MARSEILLES INC. "PR. OVERLAND
EXPRESS"; 1839-42 covers ex Bombay (3), "NAGPORE" (1839 mainly fine red boxed "Paid" ds and London v. fine "BRITISH/FOREIGN") or Calcutta (3 inc. Oct. 1841 E to Liverpool endorsed "Pr. Overland Express" and paid an extra 2 rupees for the fast land
route to Bombay). Rates charged on delivery vary from 2/6 to 7/6; one with amusing contents ref. veneral disease risks etc. (7 covers) Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £460.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 499 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. PACKET LETTER RATE COVERS VIA RED SEA ROUTE & FALMOUTH/SOUTHAMPTON/MARSEILLES; 1843-63
stampless covers ex Calcutta, Bombay, Combatore, Madras, Cassipore, Patna, or Batavia (2) at various rates and many endorsed by well-known ships; inc. 1850 with v. fine red boxed "PATNA/Paid" ds endorsed "Paid Steam Postage/1 Shilling or 8as/Do.
Inland Do. 6 [=] 14as", 1856 scarce fair red small boxed "MEERUT/Overland" mark, 1856 with London "PAID" ds struck in error & cancelled by "2" diamond numeral, and 1863 with "BATAVIA/FRANCO" ds and fine small boxed "INDIA PAID/BY BATAVIA". Good lot.
(17 covers) Cross Reference: NETHERLANDS COLONIES, POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 110
SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 500 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. MHOW/MADRAS - SOLDIERS' CONCESSION RATES - "INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON" + "MHOW/FREE",
ETC.; 1837 EL (long letter with the sender's will) headed & countersigned for an Artillery Trooper in "Mhow Bengal" to Liverpool with a mainly fine large encircled "INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON" (filing fold) on the front and a fair scarce small boxed
"MHOW/FREE" (ms date) on the flap. Plus 1844 EL from "Madras" to Suffolk headed & countersigned for a Private having a partial red oval "MADRAS/FREE" ds (stained) on the reverse but also having a fine red oval Bombay "INDIA" and London handstruck
"2[d]" charge-mark on the front. Good pair showing the change of rates in 1840. (2 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, SHIP LETTERS, FREES (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £500.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
