BURMA - CEYLON & PAKISTAN - 1938-51: 18 Dec. 1939 env. from Weston to Ceylon bearing a single 2/6d brown paying the double rate. 3 April 1940 env. from Swanage to Dickoya, Ceylon with a single 2/6d brown. 22 May 1940 4½d registered env. from Birmingham to Colombo uprated with½d, 4d, 1/- pair. 2/6d brown & 5/- sent at the 5/- per ½oz rate. Prior to Dec 1945 opened out env. from parcel piece bearing 5/- and 1942 10/- ultramarine x two blocks of six paying the £6 - 5/- 0d for a 3lb 2oz parcel. 3 Aug. 1947 env. registered from London to Colombo bearing 9d, 2/6d green & 5/- paying the 8oz rate plus 3d registration. 7 May 1951 env. from London to Karachi franked with a single 1951 2/6d green. Also one other. (8 items) Cross Reference: PAKISTAN, RECORDED MAIL, BURMA, CEYLON/SRI LANKA (Image)

INDIA - RARE USE OF 10/- DARK BLUE 22 Dec. 1939 large (222 x 262 mm) env. from Liverpool to Calcutta bearing 1939 10/- dark blue vertical pair paying the 7½oz letter rate of 1/3d per ½oz. With a fine red "T 84" censor hs (type H2B1 - early use) and triangular Calcutta censor hs. Cross Reference: INDIA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

INDIA - RARE 29 TIMES RATE COVER: 19 Mar. 1940 large env. (295 x 150 mm) from Dundee to Calcutta bearing 3d, 5/- (3) and 10/- dark blue (2, minor perf faults) paying the 29 times 1s 3d per ½oz rate. Some cover folds. Cross Reference: INDIA (Image)

INDIA - SELECTION OF 1941 JUNE-DEC. CENSORED ENVS.: All bearing a single 5/- paying the ½oz single letter rate, inc. one to POW camp "A" Bangalore, one with red "to be returned to sender/at the Address shown on cover" hs. Dec. 1941 env. from Cheadle to The British Military Hospital Deccan bearing 1/- pair and a 2/6d brown being a 5/- rate underpaid 6d. With violet "TRANS PACIFIC/SERVICE SUSPENDED" and boxed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" hs and ms "Postage Refunded/30 1 42". A fine group. (12 items) Cross Reference: INDIA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

INDIA - TWO RARE ITEMS: 11 Oct. 1943 most unusual and rare front of a cloth wrapper (some minor fraying at edges) to Halberton, Devon with ms "WAR GIFT/FROM H.M.FORCES" bearing Indian 12a and bearing 2/6d green x 5, bears a damaged GB "CHARGE" label applied at Southampton together with 1d p.due x 7. 24 April 1945 env. (288 x 136 mm) from Birmingham to Bombay bearing 2/6d green, 5/- (2) and 10/- dark blue (2) paying the 26 x 1/3d per ½oz rate. The env. was sent via S. Africa by sea thence by air. (2 items) Cross Reference: INDIA (Image)

INDIA - INTERESTING GROUP OF FIVE COVERS inc. 2 June 1943 env. from London to Bombay being 3d, 1/- & 5/- paying the 2-2½oz rate. c.1943 large env. (278 x 195 mm) registered from London to Bombay bearing 3d, 2/6d green and a strip of four 10/- ultramarine paying the 34 x 1/3d per oz rate plus 3d registration fee. Sent by sea to South Africa and then by air. 30 July 1943 censored env. registered from London via Durban to Bombay with 3d & 5/- at 4 x the 1/3d per ½oz rate. 30 July 1943 large (253 x 164 mm) censored and registered from London to Bombay with 3d & 10/- ultramarine paying 8 x the 1/3d rate plus 3d registration fee. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

INDIA - POST WWII MAIL - 1946-53: 13 Aug. and 24 Oct. envs. (2) registered from Manchester to Bombay bearing 5/- red and 3d paying the 1/3d per oz quadruple all the way by air rate. 28 May 1948 env. from Bristol to Upper Assam bearing 6d pair and 10/- ultramarine paying the 1/- per oz x 11 group "B" rate. 23 Nov. 1951 large (267 x 153 mm) env. from London to Calcutta bearing 1/- block of four and 1951 5/- (3) making the 1/- per oz x 19 group "B" rate . 13 Mar. 1953 large (276 x 152 mm) env. from London to Calcutta bearing 1951 £1 vertical pair paying the 1/3d per ½oz x 32 rate. (5 items) Cross Reference: RECORDED MAIL (Image)