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India – Great Britain combination cover: 1857 envelope to Bath, franked with two 1854 2a green (SG 31), tied by “176”, manuscript line and red London Paid 19.4.57 tombstone, handstamped two different re “INDIA PAID” and Islington udc, redirected to Sidmouth and additionally franked on reverse with 1857 1d pale red, perf 14, L-A, Pleate 45 (SG 38 group, Spec C9{3}), cancelled Bath 20.4.57 duplex, jandstamped red “INDIA PAID”. Lucknow 10.3.57, Bombay cds’s, Islington udc, Bath 20.4.57 and Sidmouth 21.4.57 cds’s – Rare – 2011 BPA certificate
$6,000.00
India 1854 “ALLAHABAD RECEIVING HOUSE / Paid” Giles 11, Earlier than recorded.
$250.00
India 1854 ½a die I indigo (SG5 rare shade) showing retouch to the eye + another die I deep blue (SG4), each tied by diamond of dots on 1855 Feb fl to Calcutta with delivery cds on reverse
$450.00
India 1854 ½a die I pale blue x2 (SG3), first showing a scarce retouch to the frame from worn portion of a sub-stone, each tied by “140” type 5 cancel on 1855 Dec 27 entire with “SAHARANPORE” dispatch, boxed “PM” and Calcutta GPO delivery. An additional stamp showing diadem band and hair retouch
$350.00
India 1854 ½a deep blue die I, variety: eye omitted, on 1854 Oct 30 (1st month of use) fl to Calcutta
$795.00
India 1854 ½a on 1855 folded Hundi with “BOLARAM Paid” & “MADRAS Paid” pre-stamp strikes in red
$250.00
India 1854 1a lithograph on cover cancelled “52” Benares Cooper type 5
$425.00
India 1854 2a green imperf + East India 4a, each tied by “158” type 5 on 1858 cover to Ireland via Marseilles and another cover with 2a green tied by “B/1” to Madras
$650.00
India 1854 2a green imperf litho with EI QV 4a tied by “B/68” on cover from Darjeeling to London
$550.00
India 1854 2a green imperf pair tied by “176” type 5 on 1856 (Dec 7) cover from Lucknow to England via Southampton
$600.00
India 1854 4a 5th printing x 2 (head shifted down into the frame) on 1857 cover to Boston, USA via Southampton
$1,650.00
India 1854 4a blue and red head III frame II, cut-to-shape on 1857 mourning cover to Essex, UK
$850.00
India 1854 4a blue and red Head IIIa, Frame I, 3rd printing (SG21b) x 2, both cut-to-shape, Pos.4, and 1a dull red, die I (SG 12), each cancelled by diamond of dots on 1855 cover front to Oxfordshire, with red boxed “INDIA PAID” and (London) 25.6.58 transit tombstone – 2013 BPA certificate
$4,500.00
India 1854 4a Head IIIa Frame I, 3rd printing (SG 21b) on cover from Madras to Southampton tied by rhomboid of 10×10 dots with trisected MADRAS G.P.O. 1856 FE 14 Giles type MG7, INDIA crescent Giles type MX12 & circular London arrival. Cat £16,250 – 2009 Sismondo certificate
$4,500.00
India 1854 4a indigo and deep red head III, frame II, 2nd printing x 2 cut-to-shape (SG 20), + 1a red die I, showing solid red line in the left panel covering the arches (SG 12), each tied by scarce thin diamond of dots cancel on 1855 cover (back flap missing) to London via Southampton, with “NAUDHPORE PAID”, “INDIA PAID” Calcutta cds, and England datestamps on front and back, tatty, yet a scarce example
$1,800.00
India 1854, 4a deep blue and red 4th printing, head III frame II (SG22), horizontal cut-square pair on 1855 Jun 10 cover from Bombay to Genova, Italy, cancelled with diamond of dots and red framed ‘INDIA/PAID’, endorsed ‘via Trieste’ and red ‘D.A.a.L.” straightliner alongside, black Bombay despatch cds, blue sender double oval and red boxed ”GENOVA ARRIVO 10 LUO 55’ ds on reverse. Cat £12,500 – 2011 Sismondo certificate
$5,000.00
India 1855 cover bearing 1854 ½a deep blue die I, variety: “H” instead of second “N” in ANNA reading “ANHA”
$650.00
India 1855 cover bearing 1854 ½a x 2 tied by diamond of dots, from Pakistan
$400.00
India 1855 cover fw 1854 ½a blue imperf tied by extremely scarce green diamond of dots cancel
$1,200.00
India 1855 cover to UK fw 1854 1a tied by diamond of dots with trisected “BANGALORE/1855 February 24/Paid”
$450.00
India 1855 fl fw 1854 ½a blue imperf tied by diamond of dots, boxed “BANGALORE Paid”
$295.00
India 1856 fl bearing 1854 ½a pale blue die I (SG 3) tied by diamond of dots from Sealkote to Rawulpindee with boxed “TOO LATE and boxed “AM”
$250.00
India 1857 cover fw 1854 1a red die III (SG 15), pos.63 tied by “173” type 5, boxed “TOO LATE”
$950.00
India 1857 mutiny cover bearing 1854 1a red die III, first day of Indian mutiny. SG 15 £1000
$1,750.00