India 1854 ½a die III pale blue imperf tied with diamond of dots on 1856 cover from Madras to Secunderabad. SG 8 £700

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 £16,250 – 2011 Sismondo certificate