Petite Treasures – Mai 2026

1901/02, OVERLAND MAIL & SHIP MAIL: two Turkey postal stationery cards cancelled DIARBEKIR TURQUIE following different routes to Karnal India. First overland from 11.1.01 with turkish transit mark BAGDAD 27.1.01, British P.O. BAGDAD 20.JAN.01 and arrival mark KARNAL 28 FE 01. The second written 11 month later from 21.DEC 1901, transit marks Stamboul 26.12.01, ALEXANDRIE 30.12.01, SEA POST OFFICE 5.JAN.02 and arrival mark KARNAL 12 JA 02. Both written by an Armenian to the same address in Karnal Panjab. A very interesting corrosponding pair and scarce postal history.

1888/1902, India used abroad in BURMA: Rangoon, Moulmein and Mandalay cancellations on ten classic India stamps, fine group

1872, QV Revenues: Court Fee SPECIMEN overprinted set of 17, denominations from 1a. to 1000 r. Gum washed, few toned. A very scarce set.

1848, KURRACHEE SHIPLETTER: Folded envelope bearing large red oval INDIA" and ms. ´Per Steamer to Bombay-Paid /  Via Southhampton´ on top. On reverse ‘Annas 3’ was written in the red boxed “KURRACHEE SHIPLETTER” mark so the ship postage was prepaid to Bombay. London 13.1.1848 transit in red and Richmond 14.1.1848 arrival mark in blue, fine. Very early letter from Karachi.

1861, folded envelope with full content from Calcutta, cancelled boxed "India Unpaid" in black, double rate tax mark “18”, on top left “VIA SUEZ & FRANCE” in blue and “POSS.ANG.V.SUEZ MARSEILLE 12 NOV 61” cds. in red, sender cachet 'Camin & Lamouroux Calcutta" in blue, addressed to famous architect P. Nandin in Nantes, on reverse red “G.P.O. EX CALCUTTA OC.” cds. Paris transit and Nantes arrival marks, usual file fold, otherwise fine.

Die I, ½ a. indigo, good to large margins, cancelled by pen strokes and tied by diamond of bars, to entire folded up native letter with adjacent greenish blue cds. "LAHORE 8 SEP. 1857" to Mooltau, very fine

1854/55, Die 2, ½ a. blue, deep colour and good to very large margins, used with diamond of dots on small envelope with red "SIMLA" cds. on reverse, very fine

1854/55, Die 2, ½ a. blue, deep colour and nice margins, tied by numeral "75" to small envelope with red "NAGPORE 1856 SEP 6 Paid" on reverse, very fine

Die II, ½ a. indigo, good to large margins, tied by diamond of dots to small yellow native envelope 

1857, 1 a. red, die 1, single with ample to wide margins, tied by numeral “1” in diamond of parallel lines of the Bombay Head Post Office (Renouf ty. 4f) to small cover to Calcutta, red Bombay datestamp cancel on reverse, rough opened at left, otherwise fine.

1854/55, 4 a. blue and red, Die II, Head Die III, watermark 2, a used cut-to-shape example cancelled by bold strike of "97" obliterator of (Sukkor) and ms. ‘stamped’, fine.

1859, 4 a. black on bluish, 4 stamps tied to cover front by points in diamonds and ms. pen cancel, usual perforation, route ms. "Via Bombay + Alexandria", black "INDIA PAID" in crescent with ms. 1/8 and "INDES ALEXANDRIE May 9, 59" cds. alongside, various tax marks, addressed to the Director of the British College Smyrna Turkey, fine and a scarce destination.

1856, East India, 8 a. carmine, blue glazed paper, used on cover from CALCUTTA to Bordeaux, tied by a combination of handstruck straight-line "Stamped" in blue and double octagonal "B/1" in black, dated 2 oct 1856, with boxed "INDIA/PAID" in red alongside charge mark “10”, endorsed "Via Marseille" and "P. St. Oriental", on reverse a GPO/Calcutta datestamp in red, transit mark sLyon a Paris and Paris a Bordeaux, arrival Bordeaux 3.10.56, adressee name partly cut out, otherwise a fine example of a single franking India to France.

1862, QV 1 a. brown two single (right stamp corner flaw) tied by Bombay Paid-1 AU/28 duplex to envelope, addressed to Ahmednagar with red arrival mark AU/29 62 on reverse, flaw on top, otherwise fine.

1855, 4 a. gray black, unused regummed, centered to bottom with part of top stamp, otherwise fine.

1873, QV ½ a. blue tied by Calcutta/C-1 JU/20 duplex to envelope with inside imprint ‘Bourne & Shepherd Photographers Calcutta’, one of the world’s oldest photography studios, signed by both owners, addressed to Bhagulpore with arrival mark JU/22 73 and ms. ‘paid 14th July’ on reverse, fine and scarce.

1866, Foreign Bill fiscal stamp 6 a. purple overprinted "Postage" in green, used with clear strike of blue "B/1" in octagon of Calcutta, good color on fresh paper, fine.

1866, Foreign Bill fiscal stamp 6 a. purple overprinted "Postage" in green, cancelled by blue octagonal ´B1´ (Calcutta - Bengal type), perf. fault at left, crease and thins, still fine

1895, ´POSTAL SERVICE´ overprinted QV stamps 3 r. brown and green, 5 r. ultramarine and violet, both fiscally used, these were first issued in 1895 to indicate the revenue due on incoming foreign packages arrival by sea, very fine pair.

1909, 10 r. carmine-rose and green, watermark star, left margin stamp unused, fine and fresh.

1948, Mahatma Gandhi 1½ a. - 10 r., mint never hinged complete set, very fine.

1948, FDC Gandhi complete set of four up to 10 rupee tied to cover by "TAJ MAHAL / BOMBAY / 15 AUG 48" first day cancellation, addressed to Ireland, tiny toned spots and 12 an. perf faults, otherwise fine and very scarce.

1854/1912, collection on 8 album pages, used and unused, including SG 2, 12, 14, 31, 35-36, 41-42, 44, 72, 79, 82, 107-109, many good classic cancellations, mainly fine.

1855/1960,  collection on 16 old time album leaves, mainly used, few early numeral and octogonal cancellations, good part Service, overall fine.

1905, India Royal visit in November - December, collection of nine postcards showing the progress of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Bombay, few toned spots, otherwise fine.