1856 De La Rue ½a Blue Queen Victoria – Group of Four Native Covers — attractive group of four native covers, each franked with the De La Rue ½a blue Queen...

AHMEDNAGAR — COOPER TYPE 4 EL — EXTREME RARITY. Early India adhesive bearing the extremely rare Cooper Type 4 EL cancellation, used by a Sub-Post Office...

BOMBAY TO CALCUTTA — 1858. Attractive early registered cover from Bombay to Calcutta, prepaid 10 annas, the adhesives cancelled by the Bombay Cooper Type...

1861 (Mar 17) HYDERABAD TO BOMBAY registered cover from Hyderabad to Bombay, prepaid 4½ annas, bearing the extremely rare Cooper Type 6 cancellation, distinguished...

BOMBAY TO LONDON VIA MARSEILLES — 12 June 1862. Attractive cover from Bombay to London, prepaid 6 annas and routed via Marseilles, the adhesives cancelled...

EGMORE ROAD, MADRAS — 27 July 1868. Cover to Royapeta bearing the Cooper Type 12B cancellation, numeral “8” within a diamond of bars, accompanied by the...

RAILWAY SORTING FIRST DIVISION — 3 December 1870 — INSUFFICIENTLY PAID. Very rare cover to Poona, prepaid 1½ annas and deficient a further ½ anna, the...

1870 HOSHIARPUR — COOPER TYPE 8F “U/22”. Extremely rare cover from Hoshiarpur to an unknown destination, bearing a superb strike of the Cooper Type 8F...

1870, Envelope franked East India 1/2a blue (2) + 1a brown (2) + 2a orange (missing corner perf) postmarked with killer cancel & manuscript obliteration...

SOUTH FRONTIER LINE U.P. — 28 December 1870. Rare cover to Scotland via Bombay, prepaid 6 annas, bearing two strikes of the “SET– / SOUTH FRONTIER LINE...

1872 BOMBAY — UNIQUE INVERTED “1” DUPLEX CANCELLATION. Exceptional cover from Bombay to Ramgarh via Jaipur, bearing the Cooper Type 9 Bombay duplex cancellation,...

OOMRAWUTTEE TO NOWGONG — 5 July 1872 — RARE POST-TRANSFER USAGE. Extremely rare cover from Oomrawuttee to Nowgong bearing the Cooper Type 4 “162” Oomrawuttee...

POONA CITY RECEIVING HOUSE — COOPER TYPE 4H — EXTREMELY RARE & UNRECORDED VARIETIES. Important specialist pair of India ½ Anna adhesives bearing exceptional...

1874 (Aug 24) cover posted from Ootacamund bearing the EM17 OOTACAMUND duplex cancellation, with the extremely rare “R.L.B.” (Railway Letter Box) handstamp...

1879ca. The West India 'Essay' small group of imperf 4a inscribed West India Postage, two blocks of four in rose shade and two bottom margin blocks of...

SALISBURY TO MADRAS — 18 July 1881 — MADRAS G.P.O. OVERLAND MAIL. Cover from Salisbury, United Kingdom, to Madras, prepaid 5d, bearing SEA POST OFFICE,...

PORT BLAIR, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS — 4 November 1882. Exceptional cover from the extremely rare origin of Port Blair to England, prepaid 4½ annas, the...

VERAPOLY, INDIA TO KIAUTSCHOU, CHINA — 1902 — REGISTERED MISSIONARY MAIL TO ST. JOSEPH FREINADEMETZ. Exceptional registered missionary cover from the Confraternitas...

1926-35 15 blue and olive, watermark inverted in left-hand gutter block of four, a couple of small tone spots, good appearance mint n.h.

1935 Quetta earthquake emergency cover with straightline in black "Quetta Earth Quake Postage Free" and manuscript "Quetta Earthquake - No Stamps", Quetta...

1948 Gandhi set 11/2a brown, 31/2a violet, 12a grey green and 10r purple brown and lake the complete set commercial used on airmail from Secretariat, New...

1948 Gandhi set of four with "SPECIMEN" overprints with the original Courvoisier presentation booklet in black velvet with gilt-edged pages where the stamps...

1948 (Dec 4) commercial envelope sent registered from Ramwadi to Belgium franked on the reverse with KGVI 1a pair, 12a, 1R strip of three and 1948 Gandhi...

1961 SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Original artwork for stamps made by Mr Pradhan who worked at De La Rue, London office for Indian stamps. Even after end of British...

1963 ASHOK STAMBHA Original artwork for stamps made by Mr Pradhan who worked at De La Rue, London office for Indian stamps. Even after end of British rule...

FRANCE TO SERAMPORE — 1895 — EARLY LITHOGRAPHED PICTURE POSTCARD. Very early lithographed picture postcard sent from France to Serampore, India, in 1895....

PONDICHERRY TO PARIS — 24 DECEMBER 1843 — RARE WAGHORN ROUTE EXPRESS LETTER VIA BOMBAY, SUEZ & ALEXANDRIA. Exceptional entire letter from Pondicherry to...

1852 Pondicherry, French India – Stampless Cover to Bordeaux, France — attractive stampless from Pondicherry to Bordeaux, bearing the HG12 rectangular...

PONDICHERRY TO BORDEAUX — 5 JULY 1853 — OVERLAND MAIL VIA MADRAS & MARSEILLES. Fine pre-adhesive entire letter from Pondicherry to Bordeaux, posted 5 July...

INDIA USED ABROAD — PONDICHERRY TO KARAIKAL, 21 April 1857. Attractive early cover from Pondicherry to Karaikal bearing a very fine strike of the “C-111”...

FRENCH INDIA 1866 — PONDICHERRY TO MARSEILLES VIA SUEZ — MERCHANT’S MAIL. Attractive 1866 commercial letter from Pondicherry to Marseilles, franked with...

1871 40r blue mint tête-bêche pair, part o.g. with hinge remnants, small thins and a crease, a rarity of Portuguese India with only seven tête-bêche recorded.Provenance:...

Small group of four postal stationery overprinted for Zanzibar or British East Africa and one India 8a used in Zanzibar, incl. QV UPU 1a on 1 1/2a postcard...

INDIA USED ABROAD — ADEN — 1854 ½ ANNA LITHOGRAPH. India 1854 ½ Anna lithographed issue, in an exceptionally deep indigo shade, used at Aden and cancelled...

ADEN — ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION, 1867. Important officer’s letter to London from Lieutenant R. S. Simpson, 2nd Queen’s Bombay Sappers & Miners, endorsed 6...

ADEN — FEBRUARY 1904 — KOTAIBI EXPEDITION. Rare incoming “Civil and Military Time” newspaper addressed to Shaikh Chand, Butler, c/o Major Pullen, R.A.,...

INDIA USED ABROAD — BURMA — SPECIALIZED POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION. An interesting collection of 15+ covers showing the use of Indian stamps and postal...

RANGOON TO THAYETEMYO — 22 June, year unknown. Attractive On Her Majesty’s Service cover from Rangoon to Thayetemyo, franked with a 1 Anna adhesive overprinted...

MOULMEIN, BURMA TO CAMBRIDGE — 23 September 1880. Rare India Used Abroad cover from the Moulmein region of Burma to Cambridge, England, prepaid 4½ annas,...

c1880 India 1/2a stationery envelope from Muscat to Bombay, cancelled by MUSCAT/FEB.19 duplex, with boxed Postage Due mkg and Bombay arrival handstamps...

c1880 Stampless envelope from Muscat to Bombay, cancelled by MUSCAT/FEB.1 cds, with boxed Postage Due mkg and Bombay arrival handstamps all on reverse,...

1884 Registered envelope from Muscat to Bombay, franked India 4a green tied by MUSCAT/2.FEB.84/B duplex, with clear crisp boxed REGISTERED/MUSCAT on reverse...

1922 Envelope from Muscat to London, franked on reverse by India GV 1a red, tied barred double-circle MUSCAT/28.SEP.22 cds, with London arrival alongside,...

MHOW — “SERVICE” OVERPRINT — RARE BLUE CANCELLATION. Extremely rare cover with 3 annas postage, paid by an impressive multiple franking of six Queen Victoria...

Queen Victoria Service Issues assembly including overprints on the De La Rue issues, Crown Colony printings and later “SERVICE POSTAGE” issues. Notable...

NAINI–ALLAHABAD — WORLD’S FIRST OFFICIAL AERIAL POST — 1911. Historic First Aerial Post cover flown from Naini, Allahabad, addressed to Van der Beek, Esq.,...

1927 Royal Airforce Display, two covers cancelled by clear strike of the fancy ROYAL AIRFORCE DISPLAY 1927/DELHI cds, fine and scarce.

1932, First flight cover for Delhi-Karachi-Delhi flight, postmarked NEW DELHI 5.1.32, at left bottom pilot signature, 2 stamps damaged, good flight

SIKKIM EXPERIMENTAL ROCKET MAIL — 10 April 1935. “Sikkim Darbar Experimental Rocket Flight” cover from Surumsa, bearing the blue Silver Jubilee label cancelled...

1935 : Sikkim Experimental Rocket Mail telegram 1935 with signature "Stephen H. Smith. (4 February 1891–15 February 1951), who was a pioneering Indian...