Petite Treasures – May 2026

1937, 15 c. carmin, complete sheet with 50 stamps, mint never hinged

1969, Year of the Cock 4 x 10 c. and $1.30 tied to registered air mail cover by BEACONSFIELD HOUSE 11/FE/69 to Beyrouth with arrival mark on reverse 13.2.69, a scarce destination, fine

1862/1924, collection unused and used, starting unwatermarked issue with faults, later QV with good cancellations Y1, S1, D27 on $2 postal fical, different types of B62, mixed condition especially in the early issues, mounted on five album pages.

1895, QV 4 c. on 3 c. red surcharged postal stationery asking part of double card (Yang P12 var.) cancelled HONG KONG AP/96. Addressed to Berlin with arrival mark 24.5.96, tiny corner crease, otherwise fine. 

1879, Two postcards with postcard stamps 3 c. (tiny toned on top, stamp is fine) and 5 c., unused, fine

1902, Incoming Mail: German Reich 10 Pfg postal stationery from BERLIN 5.1.02 with arrival mark 'VICTORIA HONG KONG  4PM FE/5/02'. Adressee Dr. Georg Nicolai (Meyer & Cie Hong Kong), famous physician, intellectual and researcher in electrocardiology

1945, complete set of three values up to 5 Y on 5 S clear cancelled (Yang J21-J23), fine.

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.

1880/90, Ten postal stationery cards including officials, ¼ a. blue cancelled by oval-framed ´stamp office / cancelled / Bombay´, same card with imprint ‘The Punjab University’ 1887, used reply part 1887 with Too Late boxed mark, Jewellers imprint 1887 Murree, two complete answering cards, mainly fine.

1866, fiscal stamps with overprint "SERVICE/POSTAGE" in green, 2 a., neatly cancelled, fine

1866, fiscal stamps with overprint "SERVICE/POSTAGE" in green, 2 a., neatly cancelled, very fine. Signed Pfenninger

1924, Telegram of the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Co., cancelled E. Valberg (the President of the Catholic Action Society) imprint PENANG STATION with original envelope, plus 1929 Madras telegram violet PAID cancelled, fine pair

1933, The Houston Mount Everest Expedition: Survey flight by Air Commodore Fellowes over the Himalayas towards Mount Everest, violet cancel "MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDTN 1933 PAR AVION BY AIR CORREO AEREO" on two newspaper clippings with article and photo, scarce and attractive, fold, otherwise fine.

1931, Cover flown at leg Allahabad to Calcutta at "First Experimental Flight / By Imperial Airways England-Australia via India" franked with three copies of 1 a. tied by Allahabad 13 APR 31 cds. On reverse Calcutta 14.4.31 arrival cds., flaw on top, otherwise fine.