India

**Pre stamp covers**
LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
1	Cover	-	India 1669 (Feb 20) incoming letter from England to Mr. Streynsham Master at Surat written by his sister, Margaret Oxinden at Brook Sir Streynsham Master (1640 –1724) was an English colonial administrator who was one of the 17th century pioneers of the English East India Company. He came to India in 1656 and was employed by the East India Company in 1660, serving as the Acting President of the East India Company's factory at Surat. In 1670 he led the English in the successful defence of his company in Surat against the Marathas. He served as the Agent of Madras from Jan 1678 to Jul 1681. He also served for a time as the Agent of the company's factory at Masulipatnam and then Bengal. In 1860 he banned Sati (burning of a Hindu widow). (Image) (Imageb) (Imagec) (Imaged) Get Market Data for [India -] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$4,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
2	Cover	-	India 1832 incoming stampless entire addressed to H. Clark Esq. dt Oct 18th, 1832 "per Ship Susan" forwarded and signed by Horatio Hardy from UK to Patna, via Calcutta. One of the rarest covers of the pre-stamp era, with Giles CS7 "INLd Ptg 8 Ship Do. 3" receipt and "CALCUTTA / G.P.O." faint red strikes. Horatio Hardy was the well-known proprietor of the Jerusalem Coffee House in Cornhill, London. (Image) (Imageb) (Imagec) (Imaged) (Imagee) Get Market Data for [India -] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$8,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
3	Cover	Giles 6	India 18?? AGRA Paid Giles 6 on part folded letter to Malta - scarce destination (Image) (Imageb) Get Market Data for [India Giles 6] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$150.00 Will close during Public Auction
4	Cover	-	India 1835 Nugger P. Paid manuscript marking, precursor to Ahmednugger pre-stamp mark on folded letter to Bombay - scarce (Image) (Imageb) (Imagec) (Imaged) Get Market Data for [India -] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$100.00 Will close during Public Auction
5	Cover	Giles 4b	India 1844 (Dec 22) ALLAHABAD FREE Giles 4b (late usage) on fl to London via Calcutta and Southampton, with boxed G.P.O./184 Dec.31 Giles G14, oval INDIA and London arrival (Image) (Imageb) Get Market Data for [India Giles 4b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$170.00 Will close during Public Auction
6	Cover	Giles 2	India 1819 (Jul 23) Post Paid Bangalore Giles 2 on entire posted from Bangalore to St.Fort George in Madras, double weight letter with 12 annas postage paid, along with scarce first month usage of MX2 Madras which was replaced by MX1 (Image) (Imageb) Get Market Data for [India Giles 2] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$500.00 Will close during Public Auction
7	Cover	Giles 3	India 1836 (Mar 4) BENARES POST PAID Giles 6 (late usage) on folded entire of Clark correspondence to Islampore via Delhi Provenance: Glenn Reed, Chairman, ISC (Image) (Imageb) (Imagec) (Imaged) (Imagee) (Imagef) (Imageg) (Imageh) Get Market Data for [India Giles 3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$300.00 Will close during Public Auction
8	Cover	Giles 5	India 1843 (May 20) OOTACAMUND Bearing Giles 5 on folded entire from UK to Madras, BOMBAY Bearing Giles 20 transt Provenance: Glenn Reed, Chairman, ISC (Image) (Imageb) (Imagec) (Imaged) (Imagee) (Imagef) Get Market Data for [India Giles 5] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$150.00 Will close during Public Auction
9	Cover	Giles 28	India 1853 CALCUTTA/1853 MAY 29/WEIGHT/TOLA/BEARING Giles 28 on incoming cover from London (Apr 23) to Hooghly f.w. embossed 10d and 1s. Belongs to a period when GB stamps were issued but India was still in the pre-stamp era. Scarce (Image) (Imageb) Get Market Data for [India Giles 28] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$300.00 Will close during Public Auction
10	Cover	Giles G15	India 1847 (Nov 6) CALCUTTA G.P.O. Giles G15 along with INDI (A missing) SR16 error handstamp on folded entire. Similar cover was offered in Spink Giles sale, lot 32 described as extremely rare and only 2 recorded. (Image) (Imageb) (Imagec) Get Market Data for [India Giles G15] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
11	Cover	Giles SD12	India 1845 (Jun 9) CALCUTTA STEAM LETTER Paid Giles SD12 on folded letter from Cossipore to UK, with boxed INDIA and UK delivery (Image) (Imageb) (Imagec) (Imaged) (Imagee) Get Market Data for [India Giles SD12] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$150.00 Will close during Public Auction
12	Cover	-	India 1854 fl from Calcutta to UK with G.P.O./1854 AP 29, boxed India Paid, Marseilles transit and Bordeaux delivery. Contents of letter state "a Russian Squadron is in the vicinity of Singapore and if any of the vessels bringing out shipments to us, meet with any accident, the disappointment to our constituents will be great and the loss to us considerable" (Image) (Imageb) Get Market Data for [India -] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$100.00 Will close during Public Auction
13	Cover	Giles 2	India 1816 "CHITTOOR POST OFFICE" intaglio Giles 2 addressed to Thomas Fiott de Havilland (1775-1866), officer in the East india Company at Madras, manuscript "24th November 1816", 3 fannams post paid. One of the earliest known examples from first year in 1816 (Image) (Imageb) Get Market Data for [India Giles 2] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$400.00 Will close during Public Auction
14	Cover	-	India used in Portuguese India - Rare "GOA / P.P" 1849 large unframed cachet on triple rate entire to Lisbon with "Part Paid" in manuscript, "POR ALEXANDRIA" and "360" tax marking in blue - Rare (Image) (Imageb) Get Market Data for [India -] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$2,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
15	Cover	-	India used in Portuguese India - Rare "GOA" fine bisected framed cachet in red on 9 Oct 1855 stampless entire to Portugal with manuscript "via Suez", boxed "POR ALEXANDRIA", "240", and boxed "17 12/LISBOA/55" (Image) (Imageb) Get Market Data for [India -] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
16	Cover	Unrecorded	India 1853 (Oct 26) HOOSHIARPOOR Paid 4 sectional unrecorded by Giles on folded letter to Calcutta. Contents stating: "We received instructions from Army Head Quarters a few days ago to march for Jhelum with the least delay possible…" (Image) (Imageb) Get Market Data for [India Unrecorded] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$100.00 Will close during Public Auction
17	Cover	Giles 7	India 1853 HYDERABAD Paid Giles 7 on cover to East India House, London via Marseilles (struck out) Provenance: Glenn Reed, Chairman, ISC (Image) (Imageb) Get Market Data for [India Giles 7] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$150.00 Will close during Public Auction
18	Cover	Giles 3	India 1845 (Feb 21) KAMPTEE Paid Giles 3 on folded letter to London with boxed INDIA PAID and London PAID Provenance: Glenn Reed, Chairman, ISC (Image) (Imageb) (Imagec) (Imaged) Get Market Data for [India Giles 3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$200.00 Will close during Public Auction
19	Cover	Giles 3	India 1793 (Oct 20) incoming entire posted from Guernsey to Madras forwarded in London by Messrs Perchard & Brock, arrived Madras 1794 (Sep 14) with 329 transit days, Post Not Paid Giles 3 of Madras in black along with 14 and Sep date slugs added separately. The entire was redirected to Trichinopoly and then to Madura as a result of which postage due was changed from 4 Fanams to 5 Fanams as indicated in manuscript "from Europe 5f". Rare entire with the first batch of correspondances received by Havilland. (Image) (Imageb) (Imagec) (Imaged) Get Market Data for [India Giles 3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$3,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
20	Cover	Giles 3	India 1849 (Sep 5) MANGALORE Paid Giles 3 on folded entire to UK, with boxed AM, Madras G.P.O., UK transit and delivery Provenance: Glenn Reed, Chairman, ISC (Image) (Imageb) (Imagec) (Imaged) Get Market Data for [India Giles 3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census	Selling for...$200.00 Will close during Public Auction