THE MICHAEL CASWELL COLLECTION continued...
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Catalog No. |
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Opening |
| 501 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. LONDON/KURNAUL - RARE "SOLDIERS & SEAMANS LETTER/4/BY SHIP" WITH OVAL "FREE" EX
KURNAUL; 16 Aug. 1841 EL (toned filing fold across address just clear of mark; minor reinforcing) headed & countersigned for a Buffs Private with a very fine strike of the rare unframed circular "SOLDIERS & SEAMANS LETTER/4/BY SHIP" 4d-rate mark (2d
for the ship's Captain + 1d postage + 1d extra being unpaid), also having a faint red oval "KURNAUL[?]/FREE" ds on reverse overstruck by "CALCUTTA/SHIP LETTER" ds. Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, FREES, LONDON POSTAL
HISTORY, SHIP LETTERS (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £360.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES
| 502 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. GIBRALTAR - "TO/PAY" MARK ON INGOING CONCESSION RATE COVER FROM LAHORE; 1847 EL
(minor wear; typed transcript) sent from "Lahore" headed & countersigned for a Private with a partly fine red oval "LAHORE/FREE" ds (closed tear) on the top flap, most exceptionally addressed to a Captain in "Gibraltar, Mediterranean, Europe" and
routed via Bombay (v. fine red oval "INDIA") and London (red transit backstamp and v. fine black Handstruck "2" (on the front); on arrival in Gibraltar the P.O. also applied the boxed Gibraltar "TO/PAY" mark on the front. Extremely rare destination
for a Concession Rate cover from India! Cross Reference: GIBRALTAR, MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, FREES
(Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £1,200.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 503 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. BIMLIPATAM/BOMBAY/MADRAS - MAIL VIA EGYPT TO FRANCE INC. "GB/1F624/10c" DIAMOND,
ETC.; Fine 1845/61 pair of ELs ex Madras to Bordeaux with v. fine red octagon "MADRAS/SHIP LETTER/Paid" ds or scarce Madras "GB/1F624/10c" diamond Accountancy Mark; plus 1854 ELs pair to Marseilles ex Bombay (small red boxed "INDIA PAID") or
"BIMLIPATAM" (very oily red boxed "Paid" mark with ms date plus matching oily crescent-framed "INDIA PAID" both on reverse; some torn edge folds). (4 covers) Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 504 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. CALCUTTA STAMPLESS MAIL TO FRANCE INC. BLUE/BLACK DIAMOND "GB/..." MARKS (ONE
BOMBAY-ADEN SEA P.O.); 1847-74 E/ELs inc 1847 red boxed "INDIA", and fine group of 1863-74 covers (5) all with very fine diamond-framed Accountancy Marks; "GB/1F624/10c" (1863 black + 1866/7 blue pair), blue 1872 Calcutta "GB/1F66c" and rare
distinctive black "GB/1F66 c" struck on the Bombay to Aden "SEA/POST OFFICE" (v. fine matching cds on flap). Good lot. (6 covers)Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, FRANCE, ADEN, MARITIME MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 505 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. MAURITIUS - MAIL FROM "DIGAR", MADRAS OR CALCUTTA INC. "Ship Letter" MARKS, SHIP
NAMES, ETC.; 1850-61 stampless lot inc. 1850/1 pair ex "DIGAR" (scarce mainly fine red-orange boxed "Paid" ds on flap) endorsed "Via Calcutta" or from "MADRAS" (v. fine red ds and partly fine crescent "INDIA PAID") both with fine or partly fine Port
Louis black "Ship Letter" arrival marks, and 1854(2)/1861 trio (2 with 1s-0d red crayon arrival charges) ex Calcutta(2)/Madras with two by named ships. (5 covers) Cross Reference: MAURITIUS, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, MARITIME MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 506 |
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 INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. CHINA - CASH-PAID COVER EX MADRAS WITH RED CRESCENT "INDIA PAID" & "HONG-KONG"
DATESTAMP; 9 July 1850 EL from "Madras" (pale red boxed ds and crescent-framed "INDIA PAID" on the front) endorsed "Via Galle" and sent to Augustine Heard & Co. "Agents Western India Insce. Socy., China" but having an 8 Aug. "HONG-KONG" cds on the
top flap and endorsed as received the next day, so presumably delivered in HK. Attractive and an unusual destination at this early date. Cross Reference: CHINA, HONG KONG, CEYLON/SRI LANKA (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
INDIAN/GREAT BRITAIN STAMPED REDIRECTED MAIL
| 507 |
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 INDIAN/GREAT BRITAIN STAMPED REDIRECTED MAIL. STAMPLESS UNPAID COVER TO INDIA REDIRECTED FURTHER WITH INDIA 1st-ISSUE 1a RED
PAIR; Attractive 18 Feb. - 26 Mar. 1857 E sent unpaid from London (charged "6" beneath stamps) "Via Southampton" to Sattarah via the Forwarding Agents "Ritchie Stewart & Co" in Bombay having a fine boxed "SATTARA/Bearing" ds on the front, but
redirected to "MAHABLESHWUR" (v. fine "BEARING ds on the lower flap) with a Pair of India 1a Red margins all round except cut into at left) tied by Bombay "1" barred diamond numerals with circular framed "St. Bg./As. 4" on the front. Rare thus. [Ex
Cavendish 'Bruce Adam' India section, Apr. 2005, lot 478, realised £420+BP, when acquired by Gilbert Wheat.] Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £1,500.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 508 |
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 INDIAN/GREAT BRITAIN STAMPED REDIRECTED MAIL. G.B. 1d RED STARS REDIRECTING 6as FRANKED COVER EX CALCUTTA WITHIN LONDON;
Attractive 22 Sept. 1860 env. (endorsed inside the flap; "Take care of & return this envelope" by the writer; was he an early Postal Historian??!) to London routed "Overland via Marseilles" franked by India 1a(2) + 4as all tied by Calcutta "B/1"
octagons and/or by transit cds, then forwarded in London with a fine GB 1d Red 'stars' tied by the London duplex. Rare thus and attractive. [Ex Cavendish 'Bruce Adam' India section, Apr. 2005, lot 492, realised £260+BP.]Cross Reference:
1854-65 1d REDS, REDIRECTED & TURNED MAIL, REDIRECTED MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £440.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 509 |
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 INDIAN/GREAT BRITAIN STAMPED REDIRECTED MAIL. RARE G.B. 3-COLOUR FRANKING (4d+6d+1d) COVER REDIRECTED FROM MADRAS WITH INDIA
2as ORANGE; Colourful 26 Jan. 1866 env. (flap lost; minor edge wear) routed "Via Marseilles" to Madras franked by 1865 4d Dull Vermilion (pl.7; SG93/J54 - small corner fault) + 1865 Lilac (pl.5; SG96/J73 - faults) + 1d Red (pl.93) all tied by fine
"BATH/53" Duplexes; redirected to "Madura" by the Madras Agents Arbuthnot & Co. whose boxed cachet tied the India 2as Orange-Yellow (bend at top) at top left which is also tied by a very fine Madras Duplex. Spectacular franking and redirected
combination of the stamps of two countries. Exhibition Item. [Ex Cavendish June 2009 Gilbert Wheat auction, lot 469, realised £280+BP.] Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, 1864-79 1d PLATES, SOMERSET, REDIRECTED & TURNED MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 510 |
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 INDIAN/GREAT BRITAIN STAMPED REDIRECTED MAIL. RARE G.B. 10d RED-BROWN OFFICER's RATE COVER TO JULLUNDUR REDIRECTED WITH INDIA
1a BROWN; Attractive 18 Aug. 1869 env. (minor edge wear) routed "Via Marseilles" to Jullundur franked by the elusive 1867 10d Red-Brown (SG113/J97 - high cat. on cover) tied by a very fine "LANARK/215" Duplex for the special 10d Officers' Concession
Rate (after the 1s-1d rate had started from 1 Mar. 1868). with a very fine small oval Aden-Bombay "SEA POST OFFICE" ds on the reverse. The letter was then redirected to "Camp Doamderah (?)" and so additionally franked by an India 1a Brown tied by a
mainly very fine "JULLUNDUR/20" Duplex. Rare 10d Red-Brown cover -possibly unique with this Indian stamp used for redirection. Exhibition Item. [Ex Cavendish June 2009 Gilbert Wheat auction, lot 477, realised £280+BP.] Cross Reference:
OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, REDIRECTED MAIL, SCOTLAND (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 511 |
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 INDIAN/GREAT BRITAIN STAMPED REDIRECTED MAIL. RARE G.B. 1s-1d RATE COVER TO BOMBAY WITH 6d VIOLET (2) + 1d RED REDIRECTED
WITH INDIA 1a BROWN: Colourful 14 July 1870 env. (flap lost) routed "Via Marseilles" to Bombay (c/o Remington & Co.) franked by wing-margin Pair of 1869 6d Dull Violet (pl.8; SG109/J76) + 1d Red (pl.158) all tied by fine "TAUNTON/776" Duplexes;
redirected to "Poonah" by the Agents Remington & Co. whose boxed 'cheese-shaped' cachet ties the India 1a Brown at top centre which is also tied by a very fine Bombay Duplex. Spectacular franking and redirected combination of the stamps of two
countries. Exhibition Item. [Ex Cavendish June 2009 Gilbert Wheat auction, lot 487, realised £320+BP.] Cross Reference: SOMERSET, REDIRECTED MAIL, REDIRECTED & TURNED MAIL, 1854-65 1d REDS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 512 |
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 INDIAN/GREAT BRITAIN STAMPED REDIRECTED MAIL. EXTRAORDINARY G.B. 1/- GREEN COVER TWICE REDIRECTED WITH INDIA ½a BLUE ADDED IN
TWO TOWNS; Colourful 28 Sept. 1871 env. routed "Via Brindisi" to Allahabad franked by 1867 1/- Deep Green (pl.5; SG115/J105) tied by a very fine "DEVIZES/249" Duplex (part overlapped by Indian ½a), redirected first to "Moradabad" and then to
"Nyneetal", each time having an India ½a Blue applied - the first tied by a mainly fine "ALAHABAD" Duplex (as well as by a small oval "N.W.P./No.2" T.P.O. d.s.), the second tied by a partly fine "MOORADABAD" Duplex. Remarkable; we cannot recall
having seen another cover with Indian stamps added for two separate redirections like this. Exhibition Item. [Ex Cavendish June 2009 Gilbert Wheat auction; lot 501, realised £320+BP.] (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £1,000.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 513 |
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 INDIAN/GREAT BRITAIN STAMPED REDIRECTED MAIL. G.B. 1d RED PLATE No. REDIRECTING INDORE COVER WITH MARGINAL STRIP OF INDIA 2as
ORANGE; Attractive 6 Jan. 1878 env. (opening tears at top barely detract) from Indore to Keswick firstly franked by marginal Strip of Three India 2as orange (part marginal inscription at left) tied by a light "INDORE" duplex, and then redirected in
G.B. to Hereford with G.B. 1d Red (clear profile) tied by a fine "KESWICK/413" duplex. Exhibition Item. [Ex Bruce Adam Collection, Cavendish April 2005.]Cross Reference: WESTMORLAND (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 514 |
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 INDIAN/GREAT BRITAIN STAMPED REDIRECTED MAIL. SPECTACULAR 6as-RATE (4as + 4x½a) COVER TO G.B. REDIRECTED WITH G.B. 3d
ROSE-RED TO FRANCE; 27 Apr. 1874 env. (with contents) to Dover franked by India Strip of Four ½a Blue (3rd stamp with small tear at foot) + 4as Green all endorsed with "Via Southampton Stamped As 6" in manuscript and tied by 2-ring "MEERUT/W"
Duplexes; it was then redirected from Dover to Boulogne (25 May) in France with a GB 3d Rose-Red (small corner fault) added at left and tied by a partial very fine "DOVER/258" Duplex with a matching very fine scarce Dover Foreign Branch "P-D" in oval
mark. Rare and attractive cover franked by the stamps of two different countries, and possibly unique QV cover from India to G.B. redirected to France. Exhibition Item. [Ex Cavendish June 2009 Gilbert Wheat auction, lot 218 incl. one other ordinary
cover; realised £320+BP.]Cross Reference: KENT, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, REDIRECTED & TURNED MAIL, FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £440.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN
| 515 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. SPECTACULAR 4as-RATE COVER EX BANGALORE TO G.B. WITH INDIA QV 1856 ½a BLUE BLOCK OF
EIGHT; Impressive 9 Jan. 1858 env. (a few short tears affect both sides, but clear of stamps; old hinges at top of address side) prepaid from "BANGALORE" (v. fine red boxed "PAID" mark with ms date - tear at top left - beside stamps on reverse) to
Woolwich ranked on reverse with a good Block of Eight 1856 ½a Blues (tiny wrinkles at left and a couple of very light stain marks at lower left) tied by light dotted diamond "C/12" numerals, also having a fine red serpentine-frame "TOO LATE", v. fine
red "MADRAS" transit cds and fine boxed blue-black "RG. HOUSE/No.1" nearby. On the front there is a very fine red crescent-framed Bangalore "INDIA PAID" and a red London "PAID" arrival cds (20 Feb.). Exhibition Item of Great Character. Cross
Reference: TOO LATE MARKS (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £750.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 516 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. DELHI - EARLY UPRATED 1a POSTAL STATIONERY 6as-RATE ENVELOPE TO G.B. VIA FRANCE;
Attractive 27 May 1858 usage of the blue paper India 1d Brown P. Stat. env. to Scotland "Via Bombay & Marseilles" uprated for the 6as rate with India 1856 1a Brown + 1859 2as Buff Pair (tiny top left fault) cancelled and tied by fine Delhi "64"
diamonds having a pale red 2-ring "DELHIE/* P.O. *" cds on the reverse. There is also a fine small red boxed Bombay "INDIA PAID" on the front with a fine London "PAID" transit cds (4 July). Rare usage of Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference:
POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 517 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. EARLY PERF. INDIA QV FRANKING COVERS TO G.B. WITH VARIED RATES, CANCELS & ORIGINS;
1859-62 covers (some with stamps tied/cancelled by sender's ms markings) inc. 1859 env. via France with 1855 4a Black on blued pair tied by Benares dotted diamond, 1859 pair via Southampton each with single 4a Black (one on blued) tied by
"SHAJEHAMPORE" or "BOMBAY" diamonds, and 1859-62 range inc.; 8as Carmine on blued tied by Madras "C/1", 8as tied by Calcutta octagon, and 1861/2 quartet with multiple frankings ex Nagpore (2a Strip of 4 tied by "75" diamonds), Chicalolee (4as + 2x 1a
tied by "C/59" diamonds), Berhampore (4as+2as tied by "B/30" octagons), or Fyzabad (4as+2as tied by "98" duplexes). Attractive group. (9 covers)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 518 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. VARIED FRANKINGS TO G.B. INC. 4-COLOUR FRANKING & SCARCE RED "EXPRESS LETTER/CALCUTTA"
OCTAGON; 1859-71 covers with a wide range of frankings & origins incl. 1859 4as(2)+1a ex Calcutta (scarce mini "RUSHMERE" Suffolk arrival UDC on back), 1860 pair ex Bombay (4-colour franking; 1a+2x2as+8as+½a; creased) or Calcutta (2x4as + 2x1a),
attractive 1868 E to Glasgow "Pr. Express via Bombay" with strip of six 2as Orange + one 8pi all tied by very fine blue Calcutta diamonds with fine red "EXPRESS LETTER/GPO/CALCUTTA" octagon ds on the flap, and 1871 Mooltan env. with 1a(2)+2as(2) tied
by v. fine duplexes, etc. Also off-cover pair + strip of 3 2as (B/158 or B/30 octagon cancels) and block of six ½a. (8 covers + 3 blocks) [All ex Koh Seow Chuan.] Cross Reference: EXPRESS MAIL, SUFFOLK (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £550.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 519 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. 3-COLOUR OR MULTIPLE FRANKING COVERS VIA MARSEILLES (3) OR VIA SOUTHAMPTON; Attractive
1863 4as-rate cover ex Calicut "via Madras & Southampton" with 1856 ½a Pale Blue Strip of Five, pair (one with fault at foot) & single tied by fair to fine "CALICUT/86" duplexes and a very fine crescent-framed "INDIA PAID"; plus 1864 trio of "via
Marseilles" covers all with 3-colour frankings ex Allahabad (2as+4as+8pi tied by v. fine "23" duplexes), Saharunpoor (mourning env. roughly opened at top right and part flap lost; unusual franking of 2as dull pink pair + 2as buff + 8pi Purple, all
tied by v. fine "174" duplexes), or Bombay (8pi Purple + 2as yellow + 4as black all tied tied by sender's oval FAC and by partly gin duplex). Attractive group. (4 covers) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 520 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. RARE ON-COVER USAGE OF 1860 8pi ON BLUISH PAPER WITH 2as & 4as (6as 8pi RATE VIA
FRANCE) EX MEERUT; Attractive 15 July 1863 env. ex Meerut "Via Marseilles" to Scotland with an unusual 3-Colour Franking made upo with the 4as Black, 2as Buff and the very elusive 8pi Purple on Blued Paper (very high cat. value even as a loose
stamp), all tied by sender's ms "Stamped" and by light "MEERUTT/164" duplexes; there is a black boxed "TOO LATE" on the reverse and a very fine red boxed "INDIA/PAID" on the front. Exhibition Quality. (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
