THE MICHAEL CASWELL COLLECTION continued...
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 521 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. RARE USAGE OF "SOUTHAMPTON/PACKET.LETTER" CDS ON PAIR OF COVERS EX CALCUTTA; Pair of 22
July/9 Aug. 1864 covers (latter creased & other faults) from Calcutta "Via Southampton" to Bishop's Waltham (Hants.) or to Southampton ("P. & O. Office") with single 4as Black or 4-colour franking (8pi+2as+4as+1a) tied by "B/1" octagons. Very rare
usages of this Packet Letter mark on Indian mail; Bryan Hunt had only ever seen his example (this cover to P&O). (2 covers) Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, HAMPSHIRE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £180.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 522 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. MULTIPLE FRANKING 1860s COVERS "VIA MARSEILLES" INC. TWO 3-COLOUR FRANKINGS, ETC.;
1865-69 covers inc. 1865 4as + 3x1a tied by fine "UMRITSUR/75" duplexes, colourful and attractive 1866 pair of 3-Colour Franking covers with 1860 8pi + 1865 2as+4as tied by Madras or "MEEAN/MEER/7" duplexes, 1866 env. (rubbed) with 1a(2) + 4as + 8pi
all with bank's "O.B.C." security cachets tied by Madras duplexes, and 1868/9 trio ex Lahore/Bangalore/Bombay with all-different frankings for the 8as 8pi rate. Good variety. (7 covers) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 523 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. LATER QV SINGLE FRANKING COVERS VIA SOUTHAMPTON, MARSEILLES OR BRINDISI; 1865-1902 lot
inc. 1865/7 pair via Southampton inc. 4as green to Jersey, 1867/8 pair via Marseilles ex Ootacamund or Palumpoor (latter with contents headed from "Camp Palumpoor") each with 6as 8pi grey, 1871/6 quartet via Brindisi each with single 8as Red (various
printings), and 5 1877-1902 covers with single 6as, 4as 6pi (3) or 1a. Good study. (13 covers) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 95
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 524 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. LATER QV COVERS VIA MARSEILLES/ BRINDISI WITH MULTIPLE FRANKINGS INC. 3-COLOUR, REGD.
RATE, ETC.; 1870-83 covers inc. attractive 23/1/1870 ex Bareilly "Via Marseilles" with 3-colour franking of 4as (4)+½a+1a all tied by "51" duplexes, 13 Sept. 1870 "Via Brindisi" ex Nyneetall with 4as + 6as 8pi tied by duplexes, attractive 1873 env.
registered from Cawnpore "Via Southampton" with 8as+2as tied by a single "109" duplex with a fine boxed "REGISTERED/CAWNPORE/N/D" on the reverse, and an 1879/83 pair with 1a+4as or 4as+½a. (5 covers) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES
| 525 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE & MAURITIUS - MAIL VIA ADEN OR CEYLON INC. PRINTED WINES
CIRCULAR & "AFTER PACKET"; July 1859 EL (partly printed contents ex wines & spirit dealers) ex Calcutta to "Melbourne, Via Aden" with 4as Black tied by a faint red oval sender's chop and a fine octagonal "Bg/12[?]" numeral, 1865 EL to Mauritius with
8as tied by firm's cachet + octagon ex Calcutta "Per After Packet" with blue Port Louis hs "1/-/TO PAY", 1868 toned env. ex Bombay to Singapore with 3x1a tied by "M-4" duplexes, Feb. 1880 EL from "Chittagong" to "Port Louis, Maurice Via Bombay &
Aden" with 1a + 2as tied by sender's superb "STAMPED" mark beneath partly fine barred "C-15" numerals, and May 1884 usage of the 4as 6pi Yellow p. stat. env. ex Calcutta to Tasmania "via Bombay" uprated with 9pi Lilac pair all tied/cancelled by
Calcutta squared circles. Attractive and scarce group. (5 covers) Cross Reference: VICTORIA, MAURITIUS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 526 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. EGYPT - MADRAS/BOMBAY PAIR TO CAIRO - ONE WITH BRITISH "SUEZ" & "CAIRO" CDS's; Nov.
1866 E from Madras to Cairo "Via Bombay" with 1a Brown + 8as Red tied by sender's boxed mark and by duplex most unusually having mostly fine or v. fine strikes of the British P.O. "A"-code "SUEZ" and "CAIRO" cds; plus 1884 env. to Cairo (printed
address) with 2as strip of three tied by "OUTW./B-1" Bombay duplexes. A very unusual destination for QV mail from India. (2 covers) Cross Reference: EGYPT, G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 527 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. FRANCE - CALCUTTA, BARODA, TELLICHERY & CALCUTTA - COLOURFUL FRANKINGS TO
BORDEAUX/BOULOGNE; Aug. 1868 env. from Calcutta to Bordeaux "via Bombay" with 6as 8pi + 4as both tied by fine blue "B/1" octagons; plus July/Oct. 1871 pair of envs. (some minor wear; latter with part flap lost) from Baroda to Boulogne "Via Brindisi"
with attractive 3-colour franking (2as orange + 4as green + 8pi lilac) or (on reverse) 4as green strip of three + 8pi lilac pair, all tied by mainly very fine "BARODA S.&D./28" duplexes. Plus very attractive 1872 env. to Marseille with 3-colour
franking (8pi x2, 4as & 8as) tied by v. fine small "TELLICHERY/90" duplexes, and 1877 Calcutta to Bordeaux with 1a+4as. (5 covers)Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 110
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 528 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. CALCUTTA - PRINTED MATTER COVERS PAIR TO FRANCE WITH CORRECT 1a FRANKING OR UNPAID &
DISALLOWED; Fine 8 Mar. 1871 EL (unsealed as per PO regulations) from Calcutta to Lyons "Via Bom[bay]. & Brindisi" with printed "SILK MARKET REPORT" heading and printed contents, having a 1a Brown tied by sender's blue oval mark and a fine blue
Calcutta octagon, and so with partly fine red handstruck "15c" mark (only a very low charge; red ink used for cents rather than the black ink used for decimes charges) on the front. There is a faint red Marseille arrival cds on the front and
"LYON/LES TERRAUX" & "LYON" cds backstamps alongside a fine blue Calcutta "INDIA UNPAID" duplex. Plus similar stampless 13 Aug. 1870 EL (but sealed) from Calcutta to Nantes "via Bombay & Marseilles" but with the red hs "15c" crossed out (disqualified
by being a sealed letter) and charged "20" (decimes) instead. Good pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: PRINTED MATTER BY POST, FRANCE, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 85
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 529 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. U.S.A. (+ CANADA) - RANGE OF TRANSATLANTIC MAIL VIA G.B. INC. 3 4-COLOUR FRANKINGS;
1857-72 covers (6) to USA via London inc. 1857 ex Calcutta with tied 4as and "PHILADELPHIA/Am. PKT" transit cds, 1861 E ex Calcutta to Boston with 8as x3 + 1a tied by octagons, spectacular 1860/63/70 trio ex Calcutta to NY/Boston with 4-colour
frankings (8a+4+1+½as or 8+4+1+½as or 8pi+2as+8as x2) tied by cds/octagons or by duplexes, and 1866/72 trio ex Bombay to Boston/NY with different frankings tied by duplexes (2x4as+2x2as, 8as+4as or 8as+2x8pi). Plus fine 1887 usage of the 4as 6pi
Yellow P. stat. env. to Canada cancelled by a v. fine "PACKMARHI" thimble cds. Good lot. (9 covers) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, CANADA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £1,200.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 530 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. IRAQ - REMARKABLE PAIR OF 4-COLOUR FRANKING BOMBAY COVERS AT DIFFERENT RATES TO
BAGDAD; 12 June 1862 & 12 Sept. 1862 pair of envs. (minor wear) ex Bombay to the same addressee in "Bagdad" both with different 4-colour frankings, all the stamps tied by fair chamfered box FACs of "REMINGTON & Co"; ½a + 1a + 2as + 8as (½oz rate;
with m/s "1/5" for 1s-5d credit due to GB), or 1a+4as+2as+8as(2) (3/4 oz rate; with ms "2/10" for 2s-10d credit due to G.B.). Both have fine British P.O. "ALEXANDRIA" transit cds on the reverse; the second cover also has v. fine red "P.P." and "INDIA
PAID" marks on the front. Ideal pair for Exhibition. Indian QV mail to Iraq is very seldom seen. (2 covers) Cross Reference: IRAQ, FORWARDING AGENTS, G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, EGYPT (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £2,400.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 531 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. ITALY - CALCUTTA TRIO TO GENOA WITH DIFFERENT FRANKINGS VIA BRITISH P.O. IN
ALEXANDRIA; 1863/9 trio of EL/Es ex Calcutta to Genoa with all stamps tied by "B/1" octagons, endorsed via Egypt or Brindisi and all with fine British P.O. "ALEXANDRIA" cds's on reverse; 1863 with 1a(2)+8as having fine red boxed "INDIA/PAID" and ms
"10" delivery charge; the 1864/9 pair with 2as + 4as (Black or Green) having v. fine large or small boxed "PIROSCAFI/POSTALI/ITALIANI" marks etc. (3 covers) Cross Reference: ITALY, EGYPT, G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 95
SOLD for £550.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 532 |
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 INDIAN STAMPED MAIL TO OTHER COUNTRIES. INTERNAL RATES INC. REGISTERED, POSTAL STATIONERY, ETC.; 1860-1884 covers inc. 1860
Calcutta to Gya with tied 2as, 1863 registered usage of ½a Blue p. stat. letter-sheet ex Calcutta endorsed "Very urgent" to Saharunpore uprated with 4as black tied by "B/1" octagon, 1870/5 pair ex Calcutta/Bombay with 2as or ½a tied by fine blue or
black duplexes, c.1875 env. to "Supt. C. Prison, Bareilly" with ½a tied by v. fine "NAINITAL/A-38" duplex, c.1875 pair of fine usages of ½a Blue p. stat. envs. with railway cancels (barred "T" oval or "HOWRAH/R.M.S." duplex), and 1884 internal env.
regd. with 3-colour franking tied by v. fine railway "RMS" barred ovals. (8 covers) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
MILITARY MAIL
| 533 |
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 MILITARY MAIL. INDIAN MUTINY LETTER WITH GRAPHIC CONTENTS REF. THE ASSAULT ON DELHI; 29 Sept. 1857 stampless unpaid EL (small
fault at top; ex the Capt. Bruce correspondence - see Cavendish catalogue of Dec. 2000) from "SAHARENPORE" (part cds across seal) to Ireland routed "Via Bom[bay &] Southampton" charged "6[d]" with boxed "INDIA/UNPAID" (2 types) on the front. The
letter gives a graphic account of the recent insurrection in Delhi; "Here I am on my way to Delhi; the city was assaulted on the 14th and it took till the 20th to capture the whole of it; on the 14th the Fuziliers and 75th Foot got drunk...the
natives had put put out all kinds of liquors to tempt them...About 12 Officers died during the Assault on Delhi and about 60 wounded, and 1100 men killed & wounded...Numbers of the Mutineers were killed; a great number escaped...We have had no
letters or papers from home for some time, as the Daks [P.O. messengers] have been plundered below Lahore...Upwards of 300 guns were taken [at Delhi] but no Europeans rescued; they may have been taken to Gwalior as hostages..." Rare insight into the
horrors of the Indian Mutiny and the disruption it caused to ingoing mails at this date. [Ex Cavendish Gilbert Wheat auction, June 2009; lot 393, realised £420+BP.]Cross Reference: MILITARY (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £950.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 534 |
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 MILITARY MAIL. OUDH FIELD FORCE + AMBELA EXPEDITION SOLDIERS' CONCESSION RATE COVERS TO G.B.; Unusual 21(?) Jan. 1859 usage
of the 1a Brown (on blue) p. stat. env. (overall toning/dusting) headed & countersigned for a Private in the "93rd Highlanders" during Oudh Field Force 'mopping up' operations following the Indian Mutiny, cancelled by a barred diamond, having
backstamps of LUCKNOW, SETAPORE and BOMBAY, with "LONDON/PAID" transit cds (Mar. 12) on the front. Plus fine and attractive 2 Jan. 1864 env. headed & countersigned for a Private in the "Band" of the "93rd Highlanders" involved in the disastrous
"Ambela Expedition". The 8pi Lilac is tied by the "19" diamond numeral with "HUZARA" cds alongside with a fine re boxed "INDIA/PAID"; the backstamps include RAWALPINDEE, LAHORE & BOMBAY. Rare Campaign covers from these post-Mutiny Expeditions - from
the same Regiment. (2 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY, MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £1,200.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 535 |
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 MILITARY MAIL. SOLDIERS' CONCESSION RATES TO G.B. - DIFFERENT FRANKINGS EX BANGALORE, BAREILLY OR TRICHINOPOLY; 1859/63 trio
with Mar. 1859 env. headed & countersigned for a Fusiliers Private having a 1a Brown (cut perfs.; just clear of small closed tear) tied by a v. fine "C/10" diamond with red crescent-framed "INDIA PAID" alongside, Apr. 1859 env. with rare usage of a
cut-out of 1a P. Stat. on a cover headed & countersigned for a Highlander Private and just tied by a barred diamond with v. fine red 2-ring "BAREILLY/P.O." cds on flap, and April 1863 env. (some dusting etc.) headed & countersigned for a 105th
Regiment Private having an 8pi lilac tied by a very fine "TRICHINOPOLY/153" duplex. Good group. (3 covers)Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £1,500.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 536 |
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 MILITARY MAIL. NEW ZEALAND - SOLDIER'S CONCESSION RATE COVER EX A PRIVATE IN MEERUT TO THIS RARE DESTINATION; Remarkable 5
Oct. 1864 env. (minor creasing; tiny tear at top left) ex Lucknow to "Post Office, Tokomariro, Otago, New Zealand. To be called for"; headed & countersigned for a Rifle Brigade Private with 8pi lilac tied by fair "MEERUT/164" duplex with v. fine red
boxed Calcutta "INDIA/PAID" and fine "TOKOMARIRO/OTAGO N.Z." arrival cds (17 Dec.) alongside. There are also Calcutta and "N.Z./DUNEDIN" backstamps along with a mainly fine "TOO LATE" (Calcutta presumably). Exceptional destination for an India QV
cover, and especially for a Concession Rate cover. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, NEW ZEALAND
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £460.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 537 |
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 MILITARY MAIL. SOLDIER/OFFICERS CONCESSION COVERS TO G.B. EX LUCKNOW/DINAPORE/PESHAWAR ETC. INC. 3-COLOUR FRANKING; 1865 env.
(overall dusting) ex Lucknow to GB headed & countersigned for an R.A. Private with 8pi lilac tied by fair duplex; plus 1868 trio of envs. ex Peshawar/Dinapore/Neemuch all to G.B. at the slightly reduced Officers' Concession Rates (suitably endorsed &
signed at lower left by 2 Colonels or a Brigadier General), with 4as Green, 4as+2as+8pi 3-Colour Franking or 4as Green respectively all tied by duplexes. The 1868 Dinapore cover was redirected within London and so has a very fine black London
Handstruck "1" on the front. Colourful lot. (4 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 538 |
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 MILITARY MAIL. OFFICERS' CONCESSION RATE COVERS TO G.B. INC. 2 WITH "DEFICIENT POSTAGE..." MARKINGS; 1868/9 covers (4; all
with slight faults) to GB (3 "Via Marseilles") all endorsed and signed at lower left for the Concession Rate by Captains/Colonel; the 1868 pair to Scotland prepaid at the correct rates having 4as pair or with 3-Colour Franking (½a+ 1a+ 3x4as) all
tied by mainly v. fine "DEYRA ISMAEL KHAN/11" duplexes, the 1869 pair to Doncaster/Bath with single 4as or single 6as 8pi both apparently above weight having mainly fine oval "MORE/TO PAY" marks, and so both charged "1/-" with mainly very fine scarce
boxed London "EXCG/OZ/DEFICIENT POSTAGE/FINE" marks incorporating the numerals "3/9/1s" or "3/4½/7½d" respectively. Good lot. (4 covers)Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 95
SOLD for £550.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 539 |
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 MILITARY MAIL. AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA) - SOLDIER'S CONCESSION RATE COVER EX A PRIVATE IN BELLARY TO THIS RARE DESTINATION;
Remarkable and attractive 3 June 1869 EL (typed transcript; slight flap/internal faults) from Bellary to "Port Phillip, Australia" headed & countersigned for a Private in the Rifles; endorsed "via Ordinary Mail" and "Soldier's Letter" as well with
8pi Lilac tied by a very fine "BELLARY/18" duplex and by the mainly fine red crescent-framed "INDIA PAID". The "BOMBAY" (8 June) and "MELBOURNE" (6 July) backstamps display nicely on the top flap. Soldiers' Concession Rate mail to Australia is rare.
Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, VICTORIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £1,400.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
| 540 |
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 MILITARY MAIL. SOLDIER/OFFICERS CONCESSION COVERS TO G.B. EX NEEMUCH/JHANSI/MADRAS/ETC. INC. 3-COLOUR FRANKINGS; 1869 trio of
envs. endorsed & signed by Brig. General/Colonel/Captain at the reduced Officer's Rates; July/Nov.pair with 3-Colour Frankings tied by duplexes of NEEMUCH or MADRAS, and similar Aug. 1869 JHANSEE env. with 2as pair tied by duplex, and 1874/8 pair of
envs. ex FYZABAD/DILKOOSHA headed & countersigned (latter with partly printed "Perthshire Regiment" text) for an each with 8pi Lilac tied by v. fine duplexes. Good group. (5 covers)Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £460.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM |
