1856-64 1/2a plate blue, unwatermarked, block of four, typical centering, three stamps n.h., fine (Cat No. SG 38) (Image)

Est.US$200

1872 FL to France, with "Earnsthousen & Oesterley in Calcutta Silk Market Report" handstamp, sent via Bombay and Brindisi, franked with 1a brown, tied by "E & O" pmk, with red P.P. and 6 Sep 72 "Post Ang.V. Brind A Mod" entry pmk (Image)

Est.US$250

1919 (21 Oct) Prisoner of War stationery entire envelope addressed to Calcutta, boxed Passed Censor, with arrival pmks (Image)

Est.US$150

1926-33 2a bright purple "India Postage", right marginal block of six (3x2), lower right stamp (R4/16) variety "stop under S" in right value tablet (n.h.), light overall gum toning, upper right stamp with a small puncture, otherwise fine and scarce, cat. £425 (Cat No. SG 205a) (Image)

Cat. £425, Est.US$150

1933 flown cover from Madras to London, franked with George V 1/2a, 8a, 1r (2) and 2r, paying 4r and 8 1/2a franking, cover faults, scarce (Image)

Est.US$250

1937 (11 Nov) large cover, flown from Calcutta, "Via Greece Germany", franked with George V adhesives, 1/2a, 1a, 4a (3), 8a (8) and 1r (6), some perf. flaws at top affecting 1r stamps, still fine and rare high value franking from India to Germany (Image)

Est.US$750

1939 cover franked on back with George VI 3p (2), 1a, 4a and 1r, tied by Guntakal departure pmks and sent to Switzerland, with violet "Passed by Censor Madras" handstamp, "Opened by Censor" and resealed label at left, fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1941 (24 July) large cover headed "India-Chungking-England" with pre-printed Roland Heath address in London, franked with George V 15r and pair of 25r, used in combination with George VI 2a6p, 3a, 1r and 5r (2), paying an incredible 76r5a6p franking from Calcutta, tied by departure pmks, with triangular Passed by Censor hs, Opened by Censor labels and resealed at left, cover wrinkles at top, a 25r adhesive with a closed tear, a splendid mixed George V and George VI high value franking, extremely rare (Image)

Est.US$5,000

1941 cover headed "Indian Red Cross Society", franked with George VI 3 1/2a, 8a and 2r, sent from Prince of Wales Museum, Fort, Bombay to Geneva, Switzerland, "Secretariat Bombay" registry label partially covered by "Opened by Examiner" label, additional censor label at right, handstamp "Passed DHC/29" on back and red "Coupon-Reponse" handstamp, fine cover to Switzerland (Image)

Est.US$250

1950 large registered piece addressed to Copenhagen, franked with 12x1r and 17x12as, with "Arogyavaram" registry label, fine and extremely rare piece (Image)

Est.US$500

1911 First Aerial Post U.P. Exhibition Allahabad to Bombay, cover franked with 1/1 KEVII, Allahabad (18 Feb) departure cachet, cover defective, with partly mended tear, also two pieces, each with red "First Aerial Post, U.P. Exhibition Allahabad 1911" (on Feb 18, 1911, French pilot Henri Paquet carried the first mail officially flown by airplane. Paquet carried about 6,000 letters and 40 cards on his Humber biplane, for a distance of five miles, from the Allahabad polo field, over the Yamuna River, to Niani. All mail received a special cancel depicting an airplane, mountains and "First Aerial Post, 1911, U. P. Exhibition Allahabad.") (Cat No. AAMC 1) (Image)

Est.US$250

1922 2a purple on thick, glazed white wove paper unused horizontal pair, imperf. horizontal pair, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (SG 11b) cat. £500 (Cat No. 11a) (Image)

Cat. £500, Est.US$150

1890 8a slate-green imperforate on wove paper, complete sheet of ten (2 x 5), unused without gum as issued, R3-5/1 with "HAH" for "Shah", R2/2 "JABAN" for "Jahan.", R5/2 with a pinhole, otherwise fine and a rare sheet (SG 67a,b, £1,080+) (Cat No. 40a,b) (Image)

Est.US$500

1937 set of five, h.r., fine-v.f. (Cat No. SG 11-15) (Image)

Est.US$150

1937 set of five used, usual perforations, mostly v.f., scarce set of genuinely canceled singles (SG 11-15) cat. £1100 (Cat No. 6-10) (Image)

Cat. £1100, Est.US$500

1918 set of four, tablets type "D", unused, mostly fine, cat. £182 (Cat No. SG 50-53) (Image)

Cat. £182, Est.US$100

1941 4a bright green, sheet of twelve displaying doubled perfs at left, n.h., usual minor gum toning, otherwise fine (SG 83var) (Cat No. 40var) (Image)

Est.US$100

1943 1p violet block of twelve, comprising six tete-beche pairs, unused without gum as issued, some bends and two vertical creases between stamps, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 33a) cat. £450 (Cat No. 39a) (Image)

Cat. £450, Est.US$250

1911-30 First and Second Raja issues, sets of 8 and 13, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (Cat No. SG 26-33,35-45) (Image)

Est.US$250

1897-98 1a wove and vertically laid paper varieties, 2a black & yellow and 4a type I ("small Ganesh"), setting "B" (with left fameline splayed outwards), unused without gum, large margins, couple of minor thin spots, otherwise fine-v.f., cat. £337 (Cat No. SG 9/b/11) (Image)

Cat. £337, Est.US$150

1897 "Datia" set of four, unused without gum as issued, large margins all around, first one with slight wrinkling, fresh and v.f., rare (SG 12-15) cat. $790 (Cat No. 10-13) (Image)

Cat. $790, Est.US$500

1940 1a violet perf 11.3, block of four, imperforate on three sides, n.h., usual faint gum toning and perf. separations, scarce multiple, cat. £800 (Cat No. SG F2a) (Image)

Cat. £800, Est.US$250

1878-79 2a violet on horizontally-laid paper, very deep shade, block of fifteen (3x5, the three left columns of the 4x5 plate), unused, without gum, lower left stamp with small corner fault, and one stamp with minor toned spot, otherwise fine and fresh multiple, showing part of sheet watermark on second and third rows (SG 108) (Cat No. 83) (Image)

Est.US$500

1878-79 1a slate purple on horizontally laid paper, imperforate block of 15 (3x5), unused without gum as issued, minor toned specks and punctures, mostly in margins away from the stamps, fine and scarce multiple, cat. £630 (Cat No. SG 106) (Image)

Cat. £630, Est.US$250

1899 4a and 1r, h.r., the latter with natural gum crease, fresh and fine-v.f. (Cat No. SG T25,28) (Image)

Est.US$150