1862-63, Three covers with mixed frankings to England, one attractive mourning cover sent registered to England with four-colour franking from Secunderabad...

QV 8p purple/white (SG52) pair on cover to Italy from private company Ernsthausen & Osterley in Calcutta cancelled with B-1 cancel and E&O private cancel....

1865-67 A partial set of Crown Colony unused issues, incl. 1/2a Blue (SG54), 8p Purple (SG56), 1a Brown (SG58), 2a Orange (SG62), 8a Carmine 9SG 65), 6a...

1863 (Sep) envelope to Scotland with four-colour franking cover cancelled by "FORWARDED BY / W.N. WATSON & CO / CALCUTTA" forwarding agent cancel and tied...

1865 De La Rue 1/2a Blue mint block of 40 with margins with inscriptions, margin shows clear watermark and stamps have elephant head wmk, Some corner...

1/2a Blue with inverted wmk. Block of 6 and single, scarce, fine.

1865 SG56 8p purple mint n.h. block of 40 with margins with inscriptions and design, small crease on two stamps, a very fine large block an exhibition...

S.G. 56w, 59w, 63w all watermark inverted varieties. Fine and scarce with 2a no gum and small thin.

1865 1a chocolate used block of four, with faint ms "Stamped" and cancelled by "S1" barred ovals of Shanghai, likely in transit, fine and unusual.

1865 De La Rue 2a Orange mint n.h. block of 25 with margins with inscriptions and design, margin shows clear watermark and stamps have elephant head wmk,...

1866 Overprinted Fiscals used group with three type 15 ovpt (S.G. 66) and six type 16 ovpt (S.G: 68), mixed condition.

1866 (Jun 14) Soldier rate cover from Peshawur (modern day Pakistan) with 8p tied by "47" duplex, sent to Dundee, Scotland by a soldier from the Royal...

1867-73, three QV franking covers with two sent to England and one sent registered to Poona, fine.

Incoming mail from UK to India. One cover from 1870 with mixed franking including QV De La Rue issue as it was redirected from Northwest Province to Mussoorie....

1870, Three mixed franking of QV fronts, outgoing mail from India to UK, mixed condition.

1873 outer letter sheet to New York franked 1865 2a orange and 1868 die II 8a rose tied by senders cachet and octagonal B/1 handstamps, endorsed at left...

1875-85, Group of eight envelopes from Madras to Bombay, one registered with MADRAS registration handstamp alongside, some with “TOO LATE” & “TRAIN LATE”...

1876 12a Venetian red mint block of 40 with margins with inscriptions and design, some toned spots, light horizontal bend and corner crease on two stamps,...

1876 envelope with four sided letter to Berlin, Prussia franked 1a and 4a cancelled by Calcutta duplex, endorsed "Via Bombay/ Italy", reverse with Sea...

1879 Anglo Afghan War mail to England via Brindisi, 1 1/2a postal stationery card uprated with 1/2a sent from a soldier on sick leave in Jellalabad, with...

1880s cover from Bombay to Hong Kong with three 4a green die II tied by Cooper Type 16 cancels, faint "Singapore-To / Hong Kong Marine Sorter" arrival,...

1882-1900 India QV mint set to 5r incl. extra shades, a few with missing gum or small imperfections, high values very fine.

1882 1/2a green double impression variety, mint o.g., horizontal pre-printing crease at top, fine (S.G. £1'800).

1882 1/2a Blue Green clear double impression variety mint, slightly yellowish gum, very fine an exhibition showpiece (S.G. £1'800).

1882 9p aniline carmine with inverted watermark variety, unused, very fine (S.G. £800).

1882 3a brown orange wmk inverted (SG94) and 4a slate green (SG96) wmk inverted, scarce set.

1882 1r Khundo Sakharam postal forgery, the discovery which in Bombay in 1890 led to its replacement by T37 bi-coloured 1r in a new design, small tone...

A pair of Afghanistan and India mixed franking covers with first issues of Afghanistan and QV de la rue stamps for incoming mail from Afghanistan to India....

1888 (30 NO) envelope to Nazelles Amboise, France franked 1860 No wmk 8p mauve pair and 1866 8a Die I tied octagonal B/1 handstamps in bluish-green, endorsed...

1892 2a6p yellow-green mint n.h. block of 24 with margins with complete selvedge, slightly toned gum, very fine large block an exhibition showpiece (S.G....

1894 (Feb) Envelope sent registered from Bombay to Russia then redirected to England, with Sea Post Office transit St. Petersburg arrival, then Caterham...

1895 (Jun 19) Campaign mail, Chitral relief Force mail, with QV 1/2a tied by Pachmarhi cds, reverse with F.P.O.I. No6 cds, scarce. Ex Soli Contractor.

1895 (Aug 9) Campaign mail from 4th Brigade Chitral Relief Force, with QV 2a tied by Pachmarhi cds, reverse with F.P.O.I. No6 cds, scarce. Ex Soli Contractor.

1899 3p Aniline carmine wmk inverted variety, scarce unused pair.

1902 KEVII set 3p to 25r mint set (1a used), most with toned gum, a scarce set (S.G. £4'500).

1905 Cover with Camp PO no 4 cancel on 1/2a green (SG84) stamp, scarce military mail, Ex Soli Contractor.

1907 (Jun 15) envelope from PORT BLAIR (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) with KEVII 1/2a pair tied by Port Blair hatched cds, reverse with SEA POST OFFICE...

WWI 1/2a War Relief label women's branch die proof on archive piece annotated "June 20th / 160+4 Leads", very scarce.

1921 Moplah rising/Nilgiri rebellion from Malabar region against British rule mail from MALLAPURAM CAMP to WELLINGTON MARKET, scarce. Ex Soli Contractor.

1926 KGV 3p to 25R mint set, very fine and fresh, the 15R with inv wmk, the rest with upright wmk, plus 1932-36 3a normal wmk (S.G. £671).

1926-33. 1a. Chocolate mint n.h. left marginal block of four showing misplaced perforations 3mm to the left, toned gum and exhibition showpiece, very fine...

1932-36 KGV 1a3p mauve mint n.h. right marginal block of four with significant vertical pre-printing paper fold affecting two stamps, very fine and most...

1935 Stampless cover to Scotland endorsed "Quetta Earthquake" and cancelled with inland section I.S. triangular handstamp. Airmail cover going to Scotland...

1935 (Jun 6) Rocketgram with 2R Quetta Earthquake Relief Fund label, with 1935 Silver Jubilee 9r tied by Kolaghat large violet ds, signed by Stephen Smith,...

1937 KGVI complete mint set of 18, with high values mint n.h., very fine and fresh(S.G. £600).

1937 KGVI 15r mint n.h. with inverted watermark, very fine and fresh and scarce as such (S.G. £425).

1948 Gandhi mint n.h. set of four, very fine (S.G. £425).

1948 Gandhi First Day Covers, group of 4 illustrated covers. Including one first day cover with complete set used and going to Jal Cooper cancelled with...

1948 10r purple-brown and deep blue with wmk stars pointing left variety, mint n.h., two toned perfs otherwise fine, a scarce modern India variety (S.G....

1960 GANDHI 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 in...