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India continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
241 CVR   image1867 (February 14), cover from Bangalore to Hayton, York via Southampton, franked with a pair of 2a Queen Victoria, tied by Bangalore circular datestamp and large numeral “10” obliterator (Cooper Type 9b), bold red crescent India Paid marking on front, reverse with clear octagonal S. Madras (18 Feb) transit and York (21 Mar) receiver, small tears to backflap and some creasing, else a fine and 4a franking. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$140.00
Will close during Public Auction
242 CVR   image1867 (July 2), "145" lozenge on cover from Neemuch to Chippenham via Marseille, franked with 9p, 2a, and 4a Queen Victoria, tied by three strikes of the lozenge 145 numeral obliterator of Neemuch (Cooper Type 4), red boxed India Paid on front, reverse showing red Neemuch (2 Jul) departure, red Bombay (6 Jul) transit, and marks A Box (6 Aug), Chippenham (6 Aug), and Corsham (6 Aug), light creasing and minor edge wear, fine and attractive three-colour franking struck with a scarce cancellation. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction
243 CVR   image1870 (June 3), cover from Simla to Leighlinbridge, Ireland via Marseille, franked with 8p and 8a Queen Victoria issues, tied by Simla datestamp with obliterator (Cooper Type 9III), manuscript directive “Via Marseille” at top and boxed red India Paid handstamp at lower left, reverse showing red Ex Bombay (9 Jun) transit, black Bagnalstown (11 Jul) transit, and Leighlinbridge (11 Jul) receiver, minor wear, else fine and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction
244 CVR   image1870 (September 13), cover from Baroda to New York City via Marseille, franked with 2a and 8a Queen Victoria, tied by barred numeral “35” obliterator of Baroda (Cooper Type 9), partial Bharat datestamp alongside, reverse with red Bombay (21 Sep) transit, front showing red London Paid (8 Oct) and two boxed 2 Cents Paid All handstamps of New York, small piece missing at upper front from acidic ink and a few tiny edge faults, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
245 CVR   image1872 (March 1), cover from Calcutta to Weybridge, Surrey via Brindisi, franked with 8a Queen Victoria, cancelled by manuscript strike dated 1 March alongside rare Cooper 28c handstamp (Renouf Type 18a), this temporary emergency obliterator used only briefly in 1872–73 following withdrawal of regular cancels, reverse showing red double-circle Calcutta India Paid (1 Mar) datestamp and clear Weybridge Station (2 Mar) receiver, light creasing, else a fine and attractive cover showing the short-lived Calcutta emergency cancellation. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$450.00
Will close during Public Auction
246 CVR   image1880 (November 8), registered cover from Lakhipur to London via Brindisi, franked with 1865 1a brown, 2a orange pair, and 1866–78 4a green pair, tied by barred numeral S-7-1 obliterator of Lakhipur (Cooper Type 17), bold blue crayon “16” registration marking across front and manuscript “Too Late” notation, reverse bearing framed Lakhipur / Registered cachet completed in manuscript with date 8-11-80, five intact red wax seals and registry annotation, front showing red London / Registered / 8 Dec 80 arrival, some tone spots, else fine and scarce; the Cooper Type 17 S-7-1 obliterator was assigned to Lakhipur in Assam and is rarely seen on registered overseas mail. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$190.00
Will close during Public Auction
247 CVR   image1885 (July 20), registered cover from Bhopal to New York, franked on reverse with six 1a brown plus single 4a green, uprating 1r orange embossed postal stationery envelope, all cancelled by barred obliterators of Central India (Cooper Type 18 showing central “I”), reverse bearing framed Bhopal / Registered cachet completed in manuscript, front showing red Registered / London / 20 Jy 85 transit, magenta registry number 73044 and bold blue crayon “28” accountancy marking, some edge flaws, else an uncommon registered franking from Bhopal to the United States. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
248 CVR   image1897 (April 20), registered cover from Peshawar to Bukhara, printed envelope bearing trilingual inscriptions in English, Russian, and Persian/Urdu, sent by M.R. Mookoomdeen Fozley Karim, agent of Hajee Illahibaksh and Hajee Ahmed Gool, Peshawar, franked with irregular block of seven 1a plum Queen Victoria adhesives, tied by five Peshawar City / 20 Apr 97 single-circle datestamps, boxed R Peshawar City registration cachet alongside, reverse with further strikes of the same datestamp, transit Sea Post Office / 24 Apr 97 (Bombay–Aden line) and clear Russian Bukhara / 11 V 1897 receiver, in present-day Uzbekistan, printed directive “Via Odessa / БУХАРА” confirming carriage northward through Russia into Central Asia at a time when Bukhara was a Russian protectorate, small imperfections, quite scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction
249 CVR   image1899 (March 25), cover from Umballa to Bombay, redirected and returned via Lahore Dead Letter Office, franked with ½a green Queen Victoria, tied by Umballa / 25 Mar 99 c.d.s., forwarded repeatedly within Bombay with more than twenty-five backstamps between (27 Mar) and (6 Apr) including Fort Bombay, Bombay Princess Dock, Bombay Malabar Hill, and Bombay Despatch sub-office strikes, ultimately undeliverable and returned north with two boxed D.L.O. / Lahore handstamps dated (15 May) and (25 May), red manuscript (26 Mar, a striking and well-travelled cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
250 CVR   image1905 (February 1), postage due cover from Trichinopoly to the United States, ½a Edward VII green postal stationery envelope uprated with ½a green adhesive, both tied by Trichinopoly / 1 Feb 05 c.d.s., endorsed “North Africa via Bombay,” front showing bold encircled black “T” tax marking, blue manuscript “15 cts” due and U.S. Collect Postage 6 Cents handstamp, on arrival taxed with pair of U.S. 3c postage dues tied by violet cancels, reverse bearing M-6 Outset No. 2 / 2 Feb 05 Indian transit and Washington D.C. / 5 Mar 1905 receiver, light wrinkles, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
251 CVR   image1929 (June 25), Joan Page Dum-Dum to Calcutta first flight cover, printed envelope depicting a map of India and information related to the flight - "Another Link in the History of Indian Aviation" - franked with 1a King George V, tied by Dum-Dum c.d.s., to Calcutta with Park Street c.d.s. receiver, two stamped signatures of Page, signed on reverse by Stephen Smith, trace of toning and some splitting due to acidic ink, reinforced with archival tape, else a fine and desirable addition to an early India aviation postal history collection. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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CLOSED
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252 CVR   image1930 (October 29), Mrs. Victor Bruce solo-flight cover from Allahabad, airmail souvenir envelope franked with 1a King George V tied by Allahabad (29 Oct) double-circle c.d.s., with New Delhi (31 Oct) transit on reverse, printed in blue with aircraft vignettes and the bold title “Flown Cover of Famous Pilot”, produced by H. N. Kapur of New Delhi and quoting the cacheted inscription describing Mrs. Victor Bruce’s solo long-distance attempt, endorsed Allahabad in manuscript and signed at lower left by Mrs. Victor Bruce herself, a scarce and desirable item carried on her 1930 London–Tokyo segment while piloting a Blackburn Bluebird during her celebrated round-the-world flight, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
253 CVR 129-134 image1931 (21 February), registered cover from Calcutta to Breslau, Germany, franked with the complete “Change of the Seat of Government from Calcutta to New Delhi” commemorative set, all stamps tied by six strikes of Calcutta G.P.O. / 21 Feb 31 double-circle datestamps, reverse bearing Breslau / 15.3.31 receiver, a very fine and scarce commercial usage of the full 1931 set on registered overseas mail. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
254 CVR 142-148 image1935 (December 5), Silver Jubilee registered airmail cover from Bombay to Springfield, Massachusetts, franked with the complete George V Silver Jubilee set, stamps tied by five strikes of Bombay Foreign Reg. / 5 Dec datestamps, reverse with Boston, Mass. (24 Dec) transit and Springfield, Mass. (24 Dec) receiver, slight discolouration at back corners from prior mounting, a scarce and attractive overseas airmail usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction
255 CVR 203 image1948 (August 15), First Anniversary of Indian Independence, Gandhi first day cover, franked with a block of four 1½a brown, tied by four strikes of Parel Bombay / 15 Aug double-circle datestamp, the official First Day of Issue, addressed locally within Bombay, a very fine and highly desirable First Day usage. (Image 1)

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SOLD for C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
Ionian Islands
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
256 CVR   image1810 (July 13), Corfu to Paris, stampless folded letter, rated 16 (decimes) in manuscript, framed Italian "3a. Tassa" handstamp in red, reverse with Paris arrival backstamp (25 Sep), some light staining mostly at lower right, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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CLOSED
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257 CVR   imageBritish Protectorate, 1824, disinfected folded letter to Santa Maura, with contents, struck on front with fine strike of ISOLE / IONIE double-circler in blue, manuscript notation at upper left denoting method of conveyance, reverse with double-circle ISOLA DI SANTA MAURA receiver with rate notation in manuscript at centre, signs of disinfection at right and bottom, a remarkably fresh entire, attractive and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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CLOSED
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258 CVR   imageBritish Protectorate, 1825 (May 6), Santa Maura to Corfu, with contents, struck on front with double-circle handstamps "Isola Di Santa Maura" and "Isole / Ionie", the latter with manuscript "3" rate notation at centre, fine and quite attractive, with much better-than-average strikes. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
259 CVR   imageBritish Protectorate, 1833 (October), folded letter Zante to Corfu, with contents, struck on reverse with scroll & oval Zante and Corfu datestamps, double-circle "ISOLA * DI * ZANTE" struck on front, with manuscript "5" (d) rate notation, light horizontal filing fold, else remarkably fresh inter-island mail, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
260 CVR   imageBritish Protectorate, 1835 (May 27), disinfected letter from Syros to Zante, with contents, struck with fine double-circle "ISOLA * DI ZANTE *", reverse with oval & scroll Zante receiver (7 Jun), rated "3d" on arrival, disinfected with vinegar, unobtrusive filing fold, else very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

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