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WORLDWIDE STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY continued...

INDIA continued...

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1101

1911 World's First Official Air Mail Flight, Allahabad, flown picture post card to Bombay franked by "¼" surcharge on ½a Blue-green (S.G. #110) tied by clear magenta "First Aerial Post/U.P. Exhibition Allahabad, 1911" flight cachet, "Allahabad/18 Fe, 11" postmark and Bombay receiver struck two days later, fresh and extremely fine. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

1102

Abyssinian Field Force postmarks, six clear to bold strikes of "FF" in grid on separate stamps, comprised of 2a Yellow-buff, 8p Purple (2), 4a Green and 6a8p Slate (2) (S.G. #42, 52, 64, 72), generally fine. (imagea) (imageb) (imagec) (imaged) (imagee) (Image)

Est. $150-200

SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction

1103

SG #39

S.G. #39, 1856 1a Brown, tied by "239" cancellation of Dugshai to cover to Scotland, endorsed at top by sender Lance Corporal William Cobden of the 92nd Highlanders and duly countersigned by the commanding officer at lower left to insure the concessionary rate, three July 1860 backstamps, very fine; this letter overpays the 8p (1d) concessionary rate from India to the U.K., the 1a stamp was the lowest value available to the Lance Corporal, the 8p stamps were issued in May of 1860, but apparently had not reached Dugshai yet, given the choice of using the 1a and overpaying by 4p (½d) or sending the letter postage due, which would cost a full 1d more, the Lance Corporal overpaid, but saved the recipient ½d; 2001 Sismondo certificate. (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction

1104

SG #44

Great Britain S.G. #44, 1858 1d Lake-red, tied by "Liverpool/3 No 62" duplex to cover addressed to "Private Tayakerly, Detachment of H.M. 57th Regiment Light Infantry, Allahabad or elsewhere, India," arriving with red "Bombay, De 16, 62" backstamp, manuscript "George Tayakerly Died 28th February 1862" notation and probably returned to England, top flap missing, otherwise fine; ex-Sattin. (Image)

Est. $150-200

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction

1105

SG #52

S.G. #52, 1860 8p Purple on white, horizontal pair tied by "Seetapore/Ap 1, 64" duplex postmark to cover to England, endorsed by the sender and countersigned by the commanding officer to achieve the concessionary rate, red Futtygurh and Bombay backstamps and red boxed "INDIA PAID" and Huntingdonshire arrival backstamp, cover with portion of top flap missing and repaired at top center where small piece missing, otherwise fine; a rare combination rate showing the Soldier's and Seamen's Private Ship Letter rate, one 8p stamp paying the standard soldier's rate and the other 8p to pay the ship Captain's gratuity; ex-Sattin. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction

1106

9p Vermilion Soldier's and Seamen's postal stationery envelope to England cancelled by bold "N" in grid cancel, Jubblepore origin backstamp, Bombay transit backstamp with boxed "Too Late" and Ashford receiving backstamp, neat "Southampton Ship Letter/Mr 21, 81" entry postmark, very fine; with the closing of the Southampton route in 1880 the increased soldier's rate via Brindisi caused an uproar among soldiers who complained about the higher rate, accordingly arrangements were made with the P & O line so that soldiers could still send letters at the 9p rate via P & O non-contract steamers, there was no regular service, so letters were sent this way only when a non-contract steamer was available at Bombay, letters travelling at this lower rate were postmarked with the Southampton ship letter datestamp to indicate they had traveled via this route; ex-Sattin. (Image)

Est. $150-200

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction

1107

SG #52, 63

S.G. #52, 63, 1860 8p Purple and 1865 2a Brown-orange, singles of each tied by "Peshawar/Jun 23, 76" duplex postmark to cover to England with full military etiquette, ms. "Via Brindisi" directive, Umballa, Bombay and Nottingham backstamps, portion of backflap and top left corner missing, a fine example of this very rare rate; in 1872 the Italians extended their railway from the French border to Brindisi via the Mont Cenis tunnel, effective from April 1874 the P & O used it for letters marked "Via Brindisi" as a faster route to connect their mail lines to India and the Far East, regulations stated soldiers had to prepay any foreign postage on letters carried across a foreign country in addition to their privilege postage, the Italian charge in 1876 as 3d, making the soldier's letter rate 4d, or 2a9p in Indian currency, the 8p postage stamps were sold for 9p from April 1874 until new 9p stamps arrived. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction

1108

9p Vermilion Soldier's and Seamen's postal stationery envelope to England cancelled by bold "Gwalior/Apr 13" duplex postmark and bearing the full military etiquette, clear "Plymouth Ship Letter/My 17, 82" and red London backstamps, very fine; the last non-contract steamer via Southampton arrived on 29 December, 1881, in order to maintain the 9p non-contract facility, the P & O commenced using Plymouth as the falling port of call before the steamer reached the new P & O depot at London, this service applied only to homeward bound mail, letters travelling at this 9p rate via Plymouth were postmarked with the ship letter datestamp and are quite rare; ex-Sattin. (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction

1109

SG #87

S.G. #87, 1882 9p Aniline carmine, vertical pair tied by bold "Umballa/10 Fed 92" duplex postmark to cover to England with full military etiquette, Bombay and Stoke-on-Trent" backstamps, extremely fine; a very rare combination rate showing the Soldier's and Seamen's Private Ship letter rate, one 9p stamp to pay the standard soldier's rate and the other 9p paying the ship Captain's gratuity. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction

INDIA COLLECTIONS AND LARGE LOTS

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1110

India military mail collection balance of 24 covers from the 1860s to the 1880s, 21 of which have full military etiquettes, rates include 8p (4), 9p (5, two different frankings), 1a (4, two different), 1a8p (3, two different), 1a9p (2) and 2a, also includes three unused and three used 9p Vermilion "Soldier's and Seamen's Envelopes," one with Southampton ship letter datestamp, some small faults, most fine-very fine.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

1111

India monumental classic period cancellation collection offered intact, thousands of stamps as well as many covers mounted on exhibit pages or arranged in four stockbooks and representing a comprehensive collection of India postmarks from 1854 to the 1880s, the exhibition collection is an extensive study of Renouf Ty. 1-13 cancellations and is comprised of many hundreds of stamps and covers neatly mounted and eruditely written up on 120 pages and includes many Lithographed issues, in addition there is a red stockbook with the continuation of the exhibit, a green stockbook with some rare district post and travelling post office material, a blue stockbook with a really nice group of urban cancellations on and off cover and finally, a smaller green stockbook with a lot of extra cancel material, the entire collection contains a plethora of scarce, rare and seldom seen material that took decades to assemble and would be a challenge to replicate in today's market.

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $8,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1112

India Queen Victoria assortment of a few hundred mint and used stamp arranged in a stockbook, starts with a used ½a white "Scinde Dawk" cut octagonally (with 2010 RPS certificate) and continues with a range of 1854 ½a and 4a values, the latter mostly cut to shape, plus two essays, a selection of mostly used De La Rue issues, 1866 6a "Postage" overprint tied to large piece, a few used abroad cancels and ending with an interesting display of fakes and forgeries, mixed condition but well worth a look.

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1113

India Queen Victoria De La Rue issues mostly mint collection of a few hundred singles and a few blocks housed in a small stockbook, with generally light duplication throughout mainly for shade varieties, better mint include 1855 4a and 8a on blue glazed paper, 1860 8p block of four (2), useful 1865 watermarked values to 4a, 1866 6a "Postage" Ty 1 (3) and Ty. 2 (2) overprints on fiscals all used, 1868 8a die II (5) and a block of six, 1882-90 watermarked star set complete, 1895 2R-5R (2) and more, a couple regummed or unused, most o.g. or n.h., fine-very fine; four certificates accompany.

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

1114

India Queen Victoria De La Rue issues postal history exhibition collection balance and accumulation comprised of 57 covers from the 1855 issue to 1902 mounted and written up on exhibit pages, plus another 100 or so covers and postal stationery entires (some unused) which did not fit into the collection, the collection is basically an attempt to assemble usages of as many different adhesives as possible to show rates and usages, plus there are many mixed frankings to make up the relevant rates, largely covers to the U.K., but local usages and other destinations are also present, with many useful items in the $50.00 to $250.00 retail value range to be found throughout, some faults among the unmounted material, otherwise mostly fine-very fine; a desirable lot with excellent variety.

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

INDIAN STATES

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1115

SG #6

S.G. #6, 1885 "JHIND/STATE" overprint on 1R Slate, o.g. with some small black album page adhesions, fine and scarce; only 480 stamps were overprinted; 2011 Sismondo certificate (Scott #37; $700.00). (Image)

£500

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1116

Indian Convention States mint sheet group consisting of Gwalior S.G. #112, 113 and O91 in sheets of 120, Jind S.G. #144a sheet of 320, Patiala S.G. #92 sheet of 120, plus #109, 110, 112, 113 and 114 in sheets of 320, o.g., n.h., there may be a slight imperfection here and there, but overall quite fresh and fine-very fine. (Image)

S.G. £34,960

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

IONIAN ISLANDS

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1117

NC3,4a,6

#NC3, 4a, 6, 1941 25d Rose, 30d Dark green and 100d Brown air post, complete pairs of each (the 30d with overprint reading up), tied by 1941 c.d.s. cancels on cover to Aohna; on the reverse are regular 2d pair and singles of 5d, 40d and 80d (two) also tied, cover opened for display, very fine; the three air post stamps alone catalog $2,700.00 just as used singles. (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

1118

NC4-6a

#NC4-5, 6a, 1941 30d Dark green, 50d Violet and 100d Brown air post, complete horizontal pairs of each (100d with overprint reading up), tied by 1941 c.d.s. cancels on cover to Aohna, on the reverse are singles of the regular 5d, 40d, 80d (two) and 30d air post also tied, cover with minor stain at top right, otherwise very fine; the three air post stamps alone catalog $4,150.00 just as used stamps. (imagea) (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

IRELAND

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1119

1-18

#1-18, 1922 ½d to 10/- Dollard and Thom overprints, the complete sets of eighteen stamps, except the two carmine overprints (#10A, 11A) tied to six registered W.T. Wilson covers to Birmingham, England, comprised of the ½d to 1/- values on two covers, the 2½d-9d valued with red overprints on one cover and the 2/6, 5/- and 10/- high values on separate covers, the low values with "Granby Row, Dublin/8 My, 22" datestamps and the high values with similar 18 May postmarks, each with registry etiquette, very fine and scarce (S.G. #1-9, 4b, 6a, 8b, 10, 12, 14-15, 17, 19, 21). (imagea) (imageb) (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

1120

#2a, 1922 1p Scarlet, inverted overprint, brilliantly fresh, with vibrant color on pristine white paper, well centered, o.g., n.h., very fine; 1990 APS certificate (S.G. #2a; for hinged £275). (Image)

for hinged $300.00

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction