Michael Caswell India (part 2)
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
477 results found
Lot 1001
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - BARRACKPORE (CALCUTTA) TO LONDON - RARE BLACK OVAL CROWNED "INDIA/PACKET LETTER" DS; 25 Oct. 1818 single-sheet EL from a British Officer (with a PS from a different Officer; saving postage!) in "Barrackpore" to London charged "3/6" (Packet Rate) with no Indian markings but having a mainly fine rare black crowned oval "INDIA/PACKET LETTER" ds (6 May 1819) on the front (red London cds of same date on flap). The PS refers to sending mail "to my Agents, Messrs. Colvins & Bayett, Calcutta". Interesting (part cross-written) contents comparing Madras to Calcutta, the dangers of "Cholera Morbus" ("...it does not give a person time to make his will..."), etc. Cross Reference : INDIA, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY
Estimate: £200Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1001
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - BARRACKPORE (CALCUTTA) TO LONDON - RARE BLACK OVAL CROWNED "INDIA/PACKET LETTER" DS; 25 Oct. 1818 single-sheet EL from a British Officer (with a PS from a different Officer; saving postage!) in "Barrackpore" to London charged "3/6" (Packet Rate) with no Indian markings but having a mainly fine rare black crowned oval "INDIA/PACKET LETTER" ds (6 May 1819) on the front (red London cds of same date on flap). The PS refers to sending mail "to my Agents, Messrs. Colvins & Bayett, Calcutta". Interesting (part cross-written) contents comparing Madras to Calcutta, the dangers of "Cholera Morbus" ("...it does not give a person time to make his will..."), etc. Cross Reference : INDIA, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY
Estimate: £200 ×
Lot 1002
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - PRESTAMP/STAMPLESS COVER TO FRANCE, MADEIRA, MAURITIUS, PENANG & U.S.A.; 1829-66 group of ELs from Calcutta (6) or Bombay (2) to France (1850/66 pair inc. fine diamond-framed Bombay "GB/1F66c"), Madeira (1829 c/o London firm), Mauritius (1852/4 trio inc. "Ship Letter" & red boxed "PAID"), Penang (1839 with red boxed Calcutta SHIP LETTER ds) or USA (1837 with black Calcutta SHIP LETTER ds and Boston "SHIP". Scarce group. (8 covers) Cross Reference : MADEIRA, MALAYA - PENANG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MAURITIUS
Estimate: £200Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1002
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - PRESTAMP/STAMPLESS COVER TO FRANCE, MADEIRA, MAURITIUS, PENANG & U.S.A.; 1829-66 group of ELs from Calcutta (6) or Bombay (2) to France (1850/66 pair inc. fine diamond-framed Bombay "GB/1F66c"), Madeira (1829 c/o London firm), Mauritius (1852/4 trio inc. "Ship Letter" & red boxed "PAID"), Penang (1839 with red boxed Calcutta SHIP LETTER ds) or USA (1837 with black Calcutta SHIP LETTER ds and Boston "SHIP". Scarce group. (8 covers) Cross Reference : MADEIRA, MALAYA - PENANG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MAURITIUS
Estimate: £200 ×
Lot 1003
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - AJMERE/MADRAS/MEERUT/TEZPOORE (WITH GOWAHUTTY) OVAL/BOXED DATESTAMPS ON MAIL TO G.B.; 1831-44 E/ELs all to GB with mainly fine namestamps; 1831 ms-dated oval "MERUT/Pt.Pd." (overstruck by boxed "INDIA LETTER/LONDON"), spectacular 1838 E from "Assam" (mentions Burmese unrest) posted from "TEZPORE" (v. fine black boxed "Paid" - apparently not recorded by Hammond Giles - with ms date/15 as rate) across the join also having fair red boxed "GOWAHUTTY/Paid" (closed tear) with Calcutta ds and fair boxed "INDIA LETTER/EASTBOURNE" (2) all on the reverse, 1838 E (side-flaps removed) with partly fine red boxed "AJMERE/Paid" (part overstruck), and 1844 red boxed "MADRAS/Paid" ds. Good group. (4 covers) Cross Reference : SHIP LETTERS, SUSSEX
Estimate: £200Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1003
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - AJMERE/MADRAS/MEERUT/TEZPOORE (WITH GOWAHUTTY) OVAL/BOXED DATESTAMPS ON MAIL TO G.B.; 1831-44 E/ELs all to GB with mainly fine namestamps; 1831 ms-dated oval "MERUT/Pt.Pd." (overstruck by boxed "INDIA LETTER/LONDON"), spectacular 1838 E from "Assam" (mentions Burmese unrest) posted from "TEZPORE" (v. fine black boxed "Paid" - apparently not recorded by Hammond Giles - with ms date/15 as rate) across the join also having fair red boxed "GOWAHUTTY/Paid" (closed tear) with Calcutta ds and fair boxed "INDIA LETTER/EASTBOURNE" (2) all on the reverse, 1838 E (side-flaps removed) with partly fine red boxed "AJMERE/Paid" (part overstruck), and 1844 red boxed "MADRAS/Paid" ds. Good group. (4 covers) Cross Reference : SHIP LETTERS, SUSSEX
Estimate: £200 ×
Lot 1004
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - RARE INTAGLIO RED 2-RING "PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND/POST OFFICE" MARK ON INDIA LETTER TO G.B.; Attractive 23 Sept. 1835 EL (long interesting family letter) from "Penang" to G.B. (Bath) endorsed "Via Calcutta Pr. Corsair" with an unusually fine (for this red 2-ring Intaglio "PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND/POST OFFICE" mark nicely placed on the top flap with manuscript "24th Septr./35" in the centre, having a very fine boxed "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" on the front. Excellent example of this distinctive and short-lived mark (Proud P4; 1826-34). Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference : MALAYA - PENANG, SHIP LETTERS, HAMPSHIRE
Estimate: £500Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1004
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - RARE INTAGLIO RED 2-RING "PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND/POST OFFICE" MARK ON INDIA LETTER TO G.B.; Attractive 23 Sept. 1835 EL (long interesting family letter) from "Penang" to G.B. (Bath) endorsed "Via Calcutta Pr. Corsair" with an unusually fine (for this red 2-ring Intaglio "PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND/POST OFFICE" mark nicely placed on the top flap with manuscript "24th Septr./35" in the centre, having a very fine boxed "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" on the front. Excellent example of this distinctive and short-lived mark (Proud P4; 1826-34). Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference : MALAYA - PENANG, SHIP LETTERS, HAMPSHIRE
Estimate: £500 ×
Lot 1005
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - VERY RARE "VIA PERSIAN GULPH" (SIC) COVER FROM "BOMBAY" TO G.B. VIA FRANCE; 22 July 1840 EL (trivial faults) from "Bombay" to Liverpool endorsed "Via Persian Gulph & Marseilles" at top left of the address panel and charged "3/6" on arrival (fine red 9 Sept. London transit cds on flap) with a partly fine red oval-framed Bombay "INDIA" on the front. The dates show that it was carried to Bushire on the 'Cleopatra'. Long interesting business contents ref. China, opium and shipping incl. "...beginning of May...the 'Couadjee Family' & 'Sylph' with 2 opium vessels in company were attacked on the coast by three junks & Mandarin boats; the 'Couadjee' alone expended 40 round Shot, besides grape & cannister...". One of only a handful of recorded Persian Gulf route covers and arguably better than the similar May 1840 Calcutta cover (Cavendish's Sept. 2004 "Scott Archer" auction, lot 1017) that sold for £4,830. [The four other Gulf covers that we have auctioned subsequently realised £3,680, £4,370, £3,220 & £4216.] Mail only went by this route in the summer monsoon period and very few voyages were undertaken. This is believed to be from the second to last of all the Persian Gulf route voyages; it was the fastest of all the Gulf Route voyages, taking only 47 days (Basra 11 Aug., Baghdad 18 Aug., and then to Beirut & Alexandria). Important Exhibition item that was discovered unrecognised in a mixed group of loose covers by our describer; as far as we are aware, never offered separately on the open market before. Cross Reference : IRAN/PERSIA
Estimate: £1500Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1005
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - VERY RARE "VIA PERSIAN GULPH" (SIC) COVER FROM "BOMBAY" TO G.B. VIA FRANCE; 22 July 1840 EL (trivial faults) from "Bombay" to Liverpool endorsed "Via Persian Gulph & Marseilles" at top left of the address panel and charged "3/6" on arrival (fine red 9 Sept. London transit cds on flap) with a partly fine red oval-framed Bombay "INDIA" on the front. The dates show that it was carried to Bushire on the 'Cleopatra'. Long interesting business contents ref. China, opium and shipping incl. "...beginning of May...the 'Couadjee Family' & 'Sylph' with 2 opium vessels in company were attacked on the coast by three junks & Mandarin boats; the 'Couadjee' alone expended 40 round Shot, besides grape & cannister...". One of only a handful of recorded Persian Gulf route covers and arguably better than the similar May 1840 Calcutta cover (Cavendish's Sept. 2004 "Scott Archer" auction, lot 1017) that sold for £4,830. [The four other Gulf covers that we have auctioned subsequently realised £3,680, £4,370, £3,220 & £4216.] Mail only went by this route in the summer monsoon period and very few voyages were undertaken. This is believed to be from the second to last of all the Persian Gulf route voyages; it was the fastest of all the Gulf Route voyages, taking only 47 days (Basra 11 Aug., Baghdad 18 Aug., and then to Beirut & Alexandria). Important Exhibition item that was discovered unrecognised in a mixed group of loose covers by our describer; as far as we are aware, never offered separately on the open market before. Cross Reference : IRAN/PERSIA
Estimate: £1500 ×
Lot 1006
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - STAMPLESS MAIL TO G.B. INC. 2d CONCESSION RATE & RANGE OF BOXED "Paid" MARKS (CANNANORE x 2, ETC.); 1844-58 E/ELs inc. 1848 env. at Soldier's Concession Rate with mainly fine red oval "CAWNPOOR/FREE" ds, 1844 pair with "CANNANORE/Paid" (one overstruck), similar boxed "...Paid" ds of POONAH, SIMLA, BERHAMPORE, ST THO MOUNT & SIALKOTE. Useful group. (13 covers) Cross Reference : MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES
Estimate: £200Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1006
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - STAMPLESS MAIL TO G.B. INC. 2d CONCESSION RATE & RANGE OF BOXED "Paid" MARKS (CANNANORE x 2, ETC.); 1844-58 E/ELs inc. 1848 env. at Soldier's Concession Rate with mainly fine red oval "CAWNPOOR/FREE" ds, 1844 pair with "CANNANORE/Paid" (one overstruck), similar boxed "...Paid" ds of POONAH, SIMLA, BERHAMPORE, ST THO MOUNT & SIALKOTE. Useful group. (13 covers) Cross Reference : MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES
Estimate: £200 ×
Lot 1007
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - INGOING/INTERNAL MAIL INC. "PAID AT/LIMERICK", VIA LONDON AGENT EX U.S. & KEDGEREE/SHIP LETTER"; 1836-55 group inc. 1836 EL (reinf. folds) ex Ireland to Calcutta with boxed "PAID AT/LIMERICK" part overstruck by red oval London PAID SHIP LETTER ds, 1844 EL ex "Boston" (US) to Calcutta via "Baring Brothers, London" with "BOMBAY/STR.POSTAGE/INLND. DO", same Bombay ds on 1853 EL ex London, 1840s E ex "Anglesey" (wales) posted in Calcutta (Bearing ds) to Dum Dum, and 1855 env. to Calcutta (bearing SL ds) with fine boxed "KEDGEREE/POST OFFICE/SHIP LETTER". (5 covers) Cross Reference : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, YORKSHIRE, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY
Estimate: £150Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1007
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - INGOING/INTERNAL MAIL INC. "PAID AT/LIMERICK", VIA LONDON AGENT EX U.S. & KEDGEREE/SHIP LETTER"; 1836-55 group inc. 1836 EL (reinf. folds) ex Ireland to Calcutta with boxed "PAID AT/LIMERICK" part overstruck by red oval London PAID SHIP LETTER ds, 1844 EL ex "Boston" (US) to Calcutta via "Baring Brothers, London" with "BOMBAY/STR.POSTAGE/INLND. DO", same Bombay ds on 1853 EL ex London, 1840s E ex "Anglesey" (wales) posted in Calcutta (Bearing ds) to Dum Dum, and 1855 env. to Calcutta (bearing SL ds) with fine boxed "KEDGEREE/POST OFFICE/SHIP LETTER". (5 covers) Cross Reference : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, YORKSHIRE, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY
Estimate: £150 ×
Lot 1008
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - BALANCE OF STAMPLESS MAIL - INTERNAL MAIL WITH VARIED OVAL "PAID"/BOXED "Bearing" TYPES; 1822-71 covers inc. 1822/35 quartet with mainly fine oval "POST PAID" types of Dinapore (interesting EL ref. march, elephants, etc. ex "Camp Puckra"), Calcutta (2 sizes) & Madras (red), plus group of 1842-71 covers with boxed "Bearing" types of Bombay, (2 sizes), "GUJRANWALA" (3 June 1852 in blue - only recorded in this colour by H Giles for May 1852), 1840 EL ex Calcutta to US Ship with oval "KEDGEREE/POST OFFICE" arrival, etc. (13 covers)
Estimate: £200Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1008
PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY - BALANCE OF STAMPLESS MAIL - INTERNAL MAIL WITH VARIED OVAL "PAID"/BOXED "Bearing" TYPES; 1822-71 covers inc. 1822/35 quartet with mainly fine oval "POST PAID" types of Dinapore (interesting EL ref. march, elephants, etc. ex "Camp Puckra"), Calcutta (2 sizes) & Madras (red), plus group of 1842-71 covers with boxed "Bearing" types of Bombay, (2 sizes), "GUJRANWALA" (3 June 1852 in blue - only recorded in this colour by H Giles for May 1852), 1840 EL ex Calcutta to US Ship with oval "KEDGEREE/POST OFFICE" arrival, etc. (13 covers)
Estimate: £200 ×
Lot 1009
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - FIRST DAY USAGE OF THE 1 ANNA ON 1st OCTOBER 1854 COVER EX HANSI TO MADRAS; 1 Oct. 1854 EL (part of long family letter) with a fine 4m 1854 1a Red (wide even margins all round) tied by an understandably superb (first day of use) dotted diamond cancel. Sent from [J]hansi to "Madras" (a journey of some 986 miles) with a mainly fine red boxed "[H]ANSI/1 OCT 18[54]/Paid" ds nicely placed on the lower flap, beside a v. fine black boxed Madras "AM", and a faint but largely legible red boxed Madras "G.P.O./1[8]54OC11[?]" arrival ds. The contents include; "The Mail....[has] to come via Lulutpore [Lalitpur] at present which takes a day longer". Remarkable - and apparently previously unrecorded - First Day Cover of the 1854 1 Anna. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference : FIRST DAY COVERS
Estimate: £1500Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1009
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - FIRST DAY USAGE OF THE 1 ANNA ON 1st OCTOBER 1854 COVER EX HANSI TO MADRAS; 1 Oct. 1854 EL (part of long family letter) with a fine 4m 1854 1a Red (wide even margins all round) tied by an understandably superb (first day of use) dotted diamond cancel. Sent from [J]hansi to "Madras" (a journey of some 986 miles) with a mainly fine red boxed "[H]ANSI/1 OCT 18[54]/Paid" ds nicely placed on the lower flap, beside a v. fine black boxed Madras "AM", and a faint but largely legible red boxed Madras "G.P.O./1[8]54OC11[?]" arrival ds. The contents include; "The Mail....[has] to come via Lulutpore [Lalitpur] at present which takes a day longer". Remarkable - and apparently previously unrecorded - First Day Cover of the 1854 1 Anna. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference : FIRST DAY COVERS
Estimate: £1500 ×
Lot 1010
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - FIRST DAY USAGE OF THE ½ ANNA ON 1st OCTOBER 1854 COVER EX BANGALORE TO SECUNDERABAD; 1 Oct. 1854 mourning env. with a near-4m 1854 1a Red (good margins at left and top, close at right and shaved at foot; small scuff at top; Die 1, A stone, pos. 93) tied by dotted diamond cancel. Sent from Bangalore to Secunderabad (some 354 miles) with mainly fine red boxed "Paid" ds of both P.O.s on the reverse; the Bangalore ds clearly shows the date "...4 October 1", while the Secunderabad ds clearly shows "1854 October" but with no numeral. Very rare 1st-Day Usage of the 1854 ½a Blue on cover. Exhibition Item. Cross Reference : FIRST DAY COVERS
Estimate: £1000Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1010
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - FIRST DAY USAGE OF THE ½ ANNA ON 1st OCTOBER 1854 COVER EX BANGALORE TO SECUNDERABAD; 1 Oct. 1854 mourning env. with a near-4m 1854 1a Red (good margins at left and top, close at right and shaved at foot; small scuff at top; Die 1, A stone, pos. 93) tied by dotted diamond cancel. Sent from Bangalore to Secunderabad (some 354 miles) with mainly fine red boxed "Paid" ds of both P.O.s on the reverse; the Bangalore ds clearly shows the date "...4 October 1", while the Secunderabad ds clearly shows "1854 October" but with no numeral. Very rare 1st-Day Usage of the 1854 ½a Blue on cover. Exhibition Item. Cross Reference : FIRST DAY COVERS
Estimate: £1000 ×
Lot 1011
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - SECOND DAY USAGE OF THE ½ ANNA ON 1st OCTOBER 1854 COVER EX LINGSOOGOOR TO SECUNDERABAD; 2 Oct. 1854 small E with a near-4m 1854 1a Red (tight on 3 sides, shaved at foot; Die 1, A stone, pos. 36) tied by dotted diamond cancel. Sent from "Lingsoogoor" [Lingsugur] to Secunderabad (some 186 miles) with clear Manuscript "Lingsoogoor 2d October 1854" P.O. endorsement on the top flap, also having a mainly fine red Secunderabad "Paid" ds across thew join that clearly shows "1854 October 4". Very rare 2nd-Day Usage of the 1854 ½a Blue on cover. [Some experts consider this to be the First Day of Usage because 1 October was a Sunday.] Exhibition Item. Cross Reference : FIRST DAY COVERS
Estimate: £750Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1011
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - SECOND DAY USAGE OF THE ½ ANNA ON 1st OCTOBER 1854 COVER EX LINGSOOGOOR TO SECUNDERABAD; 2 Oct. 1854 small E with a near-4m 1854 1a Red (tight on 3 sides, shaved at foot; Die 1, A stone, pos. 36) tied by dotted diamond cancel. Sent from "Lingsoogoor" [Lingsugur] to Secunderabad (some 186 miles) with clear Manuscript "Lingsoogoor 2d October 1854" P.O. endorsement on the top flap, also having a mainly fine red Secunderabad "Paid" ds across thew join that clearly shows "1854 October 4". Very rare 2nd-Day Usage of the 1854 ½a Blue on cover. [Some experts consider this to be the First Day of Usage because 1 October was a Sunday.] Exhibition Item. Cross Reference : FIRST DAY COVERS
Estimate: £750 ×
Lot 1012
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - 1854 ½a BLUE 1st-MONTH USAGE COVER FROM BENARES TO CALCUTTA; 29 Oct. 1854 EL (thin paper; some ink-through) from an Officer in "Secrole, Benares" to a bank in Calcutta (part red cds affected by filing wafer seal) most unusually endorsed "Paid by Stamp" at top left with a fine 4m 1854 ½a Blue (good to wide margins on 3 sides; close at top) tied by a dotted diamond cancel and having an unclear red boxed ".../OCT 29[?] 1854/Paid" ds on the flap, but also clearly dates inside and with the bank's official endorsed red filing hs "Dated [29 Oct]/Receiv'd [3] Nov.". Good example of a rare 1st-month usage of the 1854 Issue and an unusual sender's endorsement.
Estimate: £300Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1012
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - 1854 ½a BLUE 1st-MONTH USAGE COVER FROM BENARES TO CALCUTTA; 29 Oct. 1854 EL (thin paper; some ink-through) from an Officer in "Secrole, Benares" to a bank in Calcutta (part red cds affected by filing wafer seal) most unusually endorsed "Paid by Stamp" at top left with a fine 4m 1854 ½a Blue (good to wide margins on 3 sides; close at top) tied by a dotted diamond cancel and having an unclear red boxed ".../OCT 29[?] 1854/Paid" ds on the flap, but also clearly dates inside and with the bank's official endorsed red filing hs "Dated [29 Oct]/Receiv'd [3] Nov.". Good example of a rare 1st-month usage of the 1854 Issue and an unusual sender's endorsement.
Estimate: £300 ×
Lot 1013
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - BROACH - RARE DISTINCTIVE 3-RING "BROACH/[*]/POST OFFICE" INTAGLIO MARK ON 1854 ½a COVER; 3 Dec. 1854 small env. (trivial wear) endorsed "Stamped" and sent from "BARODA" (fine red ms-dated boxed "Paid" ds on the front) to "Broach" with a fine 4m 1854 ½a Blue (good margins all round; huge at right) just tied by a light dotted diamond cancel and having a very fine (for this) rare distinctive Intaglio 3-ring "BROACH/POST OFFICE" undated receiving mark on the reverse. Very rare Intaglio mark, only recorded by Hammond Giles for 1854 (1854 only). Exhibition Item.
Estimate: £300Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1013
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - BROACH - RARE DISTINCTIVE 3-RING "BROACH/[*]/POST OFFICE" INTAGLIO MARK ON 1854 ½a COVER; 3 Dec. 1854 small env. (trivial wear) endorsed "Stamped" and sent from "BARODA" (fine red ms-dated boxed "Paid" ds on the front) to "Broach" with a fine 4m 1854 ½a Blue (good margins all round; huge at right) just tied by a light dotted diamond cancel and having a very fine (for this) rare distinctive Intaglio 3-ring "BROACH/POST OFFICE" undated receiving mark on the reverse. Very rare Intaglio mark, only recorded by Hammond Giles for 1854 (1854 only). Exhibition Item.
Estimate: £300 ×
Lot 1014
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1854 USAGES OF THE ½a BLUE ON COVERS; 18 Nov. 1854 small E (faults) with shaved margins ½a tied by dotted diamond and sent from "Ahmednagar" (filing note; with part "Paid" boxed ds with ms "13.11.54") to Bombay; 12 Dec. 1854 (?) EL from ?Surat to Ahmednagar with Die 1 pos. 83 "A3" stone ½a Blue (close to good m) which does not belong; 14 Dec. 1854 E (side-flaps removed) from "POONAH/Paid" (fine boxed dated backstamp) to "Camp Ahmednuggur" with ½a (good to huge margins; Die 1, A stone, pos. 70) tied by light dotted diamond; and 11 Dec. 1854 EL ex "Allahabad" to "Googranwalla" with unclear red boxed ds on reverse and having fine ½a Blue (good to huge margins; Die 1, B stone, pos. 29) tied by dotted diamond and most unusually endorsed "Pd Blue"! Useful group of 1854 usages. (4 covers)
Estimate: £300Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1014
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1854 USAGES OF THE ½a BLUE ON COVERS; 18 Nov. 1854 small E (faults) with shaved margins ½a tied by dotted diamond and sent from "Ahmednagar" (filing note; with part "Paid" boxed ds with ms "13.11.54") to Bombay; 12 Dec. 1854 (?) EL from ?Surat to Ahmednagar with Die 1 pos. 83 "A3" stone ½a Blue (close to good m) which does not belong; 14 Dec. 1854 E (side-flaps removed) from "POONAH/Paid" (fine boxed dated backstamp) to "Camp Ahmednuggur" with ½a (good to huge margins; Die 1, A stone, pos. 70) tied by light dotted diamond; and 11 Dec. 1854 EL ex "Allahabad" to "Googranwalla" with unclear red boxed ds on reverse and having fine ½a Blue (good to huge margins; Die 1, B stone, pos. 29) tied by dotted diamond and most unusually endorsed "Pd Blue"! Useful group of 1854 usages. (4 covers)
Estimate: £300 ×
Lot 1015
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - ½a & 1a SINGLE-FRANKING 1855 COVERS EX NYNEETAL OR HYDRABAD WITH DOTTED DIAMOND CANCELS; c.1855 tiny env. (+ contents) to Madras with fair red boxed "HYDRABAD/Paid" and 4m ½a Blue (Die 1, stone ?, group 3) tied by light dotted diamond; plus 25 July 1855 EL to "Kurrachee" with fine 4m 1a Red tied by very fine dotted diamond having a very fine red 2-ring "NYNEETAL/*" cds on the top flap. Attractive pair. [½a ex Dawson.] (2 covers)
Estimate: £150Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1015
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - ½a & 1a SINGLE-FRANKING 1855 COVERS EX NYNEETAL OR HYDRABAD WITH DOTTED DIAMOND CANCELS; c.1855 tiny env. (+ contents) to Madras with fair red boxed "HYDRABAD/Paid" and 4m ½a Blue (Die 1, stone ?, group 3) tied by light dotted diamond; plus 25 July 1855 EL to "Kurrachee" with fine 4m 1a Red tied by very fine dotted diamond having a very fine red 2-ring "NYNEETAL/*" cds on the top flap. Attractive pair. [½a ex Dawson.] (2 covers)
Estimate: £150 ×
Lot 1016
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - ½a FRANKINGS ON EARLY 1855 COVERS EX CALCUTTA (2) OR RAJAMUNDRY WITH DOTTED DIAMOND CANCELS; 12/18 Jan. 1855 env./EL from Calcutta to a local address (fine red 2-ring "RECEIVING HOUSE/No.6[?]" cds on back) or to Bombay with single ½a Blue (4m, fault at right, not tied) or 2 ½a Blues (v. tight 4m, tied to each other); plus 9 Feb. 1855 env. from Rajamundry to Secunderabad with two ½a Blues (4 good to large margins, slight gum stains; Stone A, pos. 30/31, group 6 retouched chignon) having fair red boxed "RAJAMUNDRY/Paid" (rare) and similar Secunderabad ds on reverse. (3 covers)
Estimate: £150Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1016
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - ½a FRANKINGS ON EARLY 1855 COVERS EX CALCUTTA (2) OR RAJAMUNDRY WITH DOTTED DIAMOND CANCELS; 12/18 Jan. 1855 env./EL from Calcutta to a local address (fine red 2-ring "RECEIVING HOUSE/No.6[?]" cds on back) or to Bombay with single ½a Blue (4m, fault at right, not tied) or 2 ½a Blues (v. tight 4m, tied to each other); plus 9 Feb. 1855 env. from Rajamundry to Secunderabad with two ½a Blues (4 good to large margins, slight gum stains; Stone A, pos. 30/31, group 6 retouched chignon) having fair red boxed "RAJAMUNDRY/Paid" (rare) and similar Secunderabad ds on reverse. (3 covers)
Estimate: £150 ×
Lot 1017
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - RARE STRIP OF FOUR ½a ON INTERNAL COVER - ORIGINALLY FORWARDING A LETTER TO AUSTRALIA; 21 Aug. 1855 EL from "Bellary" to Madras (at the 2as ½ to 1 tola rate) with rare ½a Blue Strip of Four (4m all round, tight in places, tiny cut touches frame at bottom left) on the reverse tied by dotted diamonds with a fine red boxed "BELLARY/1855 August 21/Paid" alongside, having Madras boxed "AM" and red boxed "G.P.O." ds nearby. The contents show why this letter was above weight; "Donnellan has given me the enclosed letter to...New Farm, N. Brisban, Sydney, New South Wales, and has asked me to send it to you... by the first ship... [and tell me] the amount you pay for Ship postage that I may recover the same from him...". Rare strip of ½a on non-registered internal cover. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference : NEW SOUTH WALES, QUEENSLAND
Estimate: £300Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1017
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - RARE STRIP OF FOUR ½a ON INTERNAL COVER - ORIGINALLY FORWARDING A LETTER TO AUSTRALIA; 21 Aug. 1855 EL from "Bellary" to Madras (at the 2as ½ to 1 tola rate) with rare ½a Blue Strip of Four (4m all round, tight in places, tiny cut touches frame at bottom left) on the reverse tied by dotted diamonds with a fine red boxed "BELLARY/1855 August 21/Paid" alongside, having Madras boxed "AM" and red boxed "G.P.O." ds nearby. The contents show why this letter was above weight; "Donnellan has given me the enclosed letter to...New Farm, N. Brisban, Sydney, New South Wales, and has asked me to send it to you... by the first ship... [and tell me] the amount you pay for Ship postage that I may recover the same from him...". Rare strip of ½a on non-registered internal cover. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference : NEW SOUTH WALES, QUEENSLAND
Estimate: £300 ×
Lot 1018
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - DIFFERENT BARRED DIAMOND CANCELS ON ½a BLUE/INDIGO COVERS EX "GOOJRAT", JAULNAH & BOMBAY; 19 Mar. 1857 env. to Lahore (fair green cds) ex "GOOJRAT/+" (fine red 2-ring cds) with 4m ½a Blue (corner crease) tied by a rare very fine 9-bar barred diamond with lines parallel to long diagonal (Renouf 2d; few known on cover); plus 4 Feb. 1856 & c.1856 envs. ex Bombay/Jaulnah to Surat/Ballapore each with fine ½a (the first a good shade of Indigo, and Die 1, B stone, pos. 23) - both with good to wide margins - tied by 10 or 9 bar regular diamonds. Good trio. (3 covers)
Estimate: £200Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1018
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - DIFFERENT BARRED DIAMOND CANCELS ON ½a BLUE/INDIGO COVERS EX "GOOJRAT", JAULNAH & BOMBAY; 19 Mar. 1857 env. to Lahore (fair green cds) ex "GOOJRAT/+" (fine red 2-ring cds) with 4m ½a Blue (corner crease) tied by a rare very fine 9-bar barred diamond with lines parallel to long diagonal (Renouf 2d; few known on cover); plus 4 Feb. 1856 & c.1856 envs. ex Bombay/Jaulnah to Surat/Ballapore each with fine ½a (the first a good shade of Indigo, and Die 1, B stone, pos. 23) - both with good to wide margins - tied by 10 or 9 bar regular diamonds. Good trio. (3 covers)
Estimate: £200 ×
Lot 1019
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - VARIED 'LINED DIAMOND' CANCELS ON ½a (3) OR 1a COVERS EX BOMBAY TO MADRAS (3)/SECUNDERABAD; 1854/5 trio of small envs. with 4m (mostly wide) ½a Blues tied by 9/10/12 barred diamonds all from Bombay to Madras; plus 25 May 1855 larger env. (unusual embossed steam-train device on flap) from Bombay to Secunderabad with 1a Red (4m; v. tight to wide) tied by 9-bar diamond cancel. (4 covers)
Estimate: £140Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1019
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - VARIED 'LINED DIAMOND' CANCELS ON ½a (3) OR 1a COVERS EX BOMBAY TO MADRAS (3)/SECUNDERABAD; 1854/5 trio of small envs. with 4m (mostly wide) ½a Blues tied by 9/10/12 barred diamonds all from Bombay to Madras; plus 25 May 1855 larger env. (unusual embossed steam-train device on flap) from Bombay to Secunderabad with 1a Red (4m; v. tight to wide) tied by 9-bar diamond cancel. (4 covers)
Estimate: £140 ×
Lot 1020
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - BARRED DIAMOND NUMERAL CANCELS ON ½a COVERS EX JAULNAH, MEEAN MEER & UMRITSUR; 8 Feb. 1856 EL from "JAULNAH" (fine red boxed "Paid" ds) to "AHMEDNUGGUR" (mainly fine scarce oval "FREE" arrival ds) with fine 4m ½a Blue (Die 1, B stone, pos.28) tied by v. fine "65" diamond, 14 Sept. 1855 EL from "Umritsur" to Lahore with ½a Pale Blue (Die 1, pos.33; just 4m) tied by fine Meean Meer(?) "164" diamond, and small 4 Mar. 1856 env. ex Sukkur with 4m ½a Blue tied by "172" diamond. Good trio. (3 covers)
Estimate: £150Michael Caswell India (part 2), Lot 1020
IMPERFORATE 1a & ½a ISSUES ON INTERNAL COVERS - BARRED DIAMOND NUMERAL CANCELS ON ½a COVERS EX JAULNAH, MEEAN MEER & UMRITSUR; 8 Feb. 1856 EL from "JAULNAH" (fine red boxed "Paid" ds) to "AHMEDNUGGUR" (mainly fine scarce oval "FREE" arrival ds) with fine 4m ½a Blue (Die 1, B stone, pos.28) tied by v. fine "65" diamond, 14 Sept. 1855 EL from "Umritsur" to Lahore with ½a Pale Blue (Die 1, pos.33; just 4m) tied by fine Meean Meer(?) "164" diamond, and small 4 Mar. 1856 env. ex Sukkur with 4m ½a Blue tied by "172" diamond. Good trio. (3 covers)
Estimate: £150 ×