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GB KGV Downey Head 1d cancelled large d/r cds Allahabad RMS, 3 January 1917; boxed h/s 'undelivered for reason stated Return to Sender'; T in circle and 1d postage due cancelled 1 February 1917; on reverse large MS 'refused'; on front 'Bombay DLO Postage Due 2 annas'; on reverse Bombay DLO, 3 March, 7 March; Lucknow DLO 14 March 1917

Reference: 1268

Large commercial envelope with label for 'The Harem Monthly" from Lahore to Nottingham; Pakistan pictorials 10p, 7p; m/s "not known at this address", Nottingham cds 13 June 1975; on reverse 'received in London June 1975'; from MV 'Nordwind', trapped in the Suez Canal after the Six Day War

Reference: 1246

3 x ½ Anna + 2 annas all cancelled s/r cds WADHWAN CITY 31 October 1907 (error for "3 October"?); re-addressed several times; b/s Vichnia Kathianar 3 October, 5 November, 11 November; Chuda 1 November; Morvad 1 & 2 November;  forwarding details uncertain; ms in red 'refused'; fragile but interesting native language cover

Reference: 1199

Cut down 3as registered envelope with added 17 copies of QV 3 pies grey + 1 dropped off and endorsed in blue crayon (7 ½ as rate); cancelled Lahore 2 November 1936; b/s Sutton Coldfield 23 November 1936; late use of QV issues

Reference: 1198
France Alsace-Lorraine Official Parcel Card 1927

VALEUR DÉCLARÉE parcel card; on front 1fr 50 Pasteur, 15c Sower, 1fr fiscal; on reverse 10 x 1fr 50 Pasteur, 1fr Sower, 10 x 5f Merson; from Mutzig, 16 August 1927 to Karachi; slight faults to card but a spectacular franking and scarce cover

Reference: 1097
GB to Bombay 1944 censored

GB KGVI 1d x 3, 2d, 2½d x 4 (for 1/3 rate) from Millom, Cumberland to Bombay, with d/r cds 18 January 1944 & MS 'By Air Mail'; censor tape 'Opened by Examiner P.C.90'; tied with shield type crown h/s 'Passed DHC/50' & h/s on front DHC/126; forwarded to 10/12th F.F.R. Sialkot; b/s Bombay 15 Mar 1944 + unclear cds 17 March

Reference: 981
GB to India readdressed to France 1915

2 x GB KGV ½d on PPC of Admiral Jellicoe from Marby, Glamorgan to the Interpreter Poona Horse, Indian Cavalry, France; readdressed to French mission St Omer; then forwarded to a Camp de Cav Bratonne (?); m/s in red ink 'Dépot du 41e Artillerie'; Fr. Military css TRESOR et POSTES 2 23 April 1915; did it arrive ?

Reference: 980
USA postal bulk licence for covers to India 1944

2 x $1, 50c, 30c Presidents Series on long envelope to Calcutta, cancelled s/r cds Washington DC 31 May 1944; opened and resealed by US & British censors; violet h/s DHA/138; red financial control cachet 'Board of Economic Warfare/Office of Export Control', May 31 1944; 'License No 189466 (in m/s), COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS'; 'LICENSE COVERS MAILING OF 6 (in m/s) Packages'; red 'Approved for British Empire only' h/s; on reverse large red rosette seal, cancelled 'US Patent Office Licensing Division'; b/s Calcutta, 5 July 1944 + BHA/282; rare combination of markings

Reference: 945
India Registered Airmail 1962

2 rupees on registered airmail cancelled with unclear cds and then crossed out with 2 x 4 bars; plus added small definitives, 2 x 0.20 & 0.10, cancelled with unclear d/r cds; endorsed with small h/s 'Enclosing Documents'; on reverse fine cachet of the Chartered Bank

Reference: 814
Malaya Postage Due 1929

India 1 anna PS envelope lightly cancelled and with circular T in circle charge h/s, from Tirumayam to Penang 7 December 1929; on reverse d/r cds TIRUMAYAM 7 December; Federated Malay States Postage Due 4c and 2c; cancelled SEREMBAN 17 December 1929 on arrival, a nice cimbination

Reference: 748
India Registered Airmail with Meter Mark

Registered Airmail franked with 02.45 rupees meter mark plus 5p and 10p definitives to make a 2.60 rate; cancelled with unclear s/r cds; from Calcutta to St Helier, Jersey on 28 April 1972; endorsed 'Enclosing Documents'; on reverse fine Calcutta Bank seal

Reference: 813
India Azad Hind Nationalist Army 'stamps' forgeries

Azad Hind unofficial stamps of the Indian Nationalist Army 3 annas and 2 x 2 annas value (two shades), in marginal blocks of 4, mint, no gum, forgeries

Reference: 564
India Azad Hind Nationalist Army 'stamps' forgeries

Azad Hind unofficial stamps of the Indian Nationalist Army 2 annas value in marginal blocks of 4, two shades, mint, no gum, forgeries

Reference: 563
DENMARK MULTI-FRANKED AIRMAIL TO INDIA 1951

11 stamps to a total of 260øre airmail from Hotel Cosmopolite, Copenhagen to New Delhi 2 October 1951, with arrival date 6 October; the reverse lacks most of the envelope flap, but a colourful franking and good destination

Reference: 495
INDIA

Azad Hind WW2 Indian Nationalist Army propaganda stamps, 2 annas red cattle ploughing design in 2 marginal blocks of 4, red & red-orange, one with large plate flaw, mint no gum, forgeries

Reference: 479
AZAD HIND PROPAGANDA STAMPS BLOCKS OF 4 FORGERIES

Azad Hind WW2 Indian Nationalist Army propaganda stamps, 2 annas red cattle ploughing design in 2 marginal blocks of 4, different shades, one with large plate flaw, mint no gum, forgeries

Reference: 478
INDIA HYDERABAD REGISTERED LETTER RECEIPT 1867

d/r cds Hyderabad in red 5 April 1867 on Registered Letter Receipt, with the letter which it presumably covers (this being of fragile Indian paper somewhat eaten into by the ink), faults but must be scarce intact

Reference: 393
INDIA WW2 TO PALESTINE CENSORED

India KGVI stamps on envelope from Kirkee to Haifa, Palestine, 7 December 1940; opened by Censors in India & Palestine & resealed twice at the top & the left, with fine array of different censor's seals & cachets including Palestine hexagon type 'Palestine Passed by Censor 75'; Haifa arrival on reverse 14 January 1941

Reference: 390
REGISTERED CLOTH PACKET

Large part of the cloth wrapping of a packet sent by registered airmail from Bombay 18 July 1940 (MS), large MS endorsement 'Via Hong Kong' with green triangle censor handstamp 'Passed Censor Hong Kong 13' & US Customs receipt handstamp: with wax seals, a remarkable survivor from the trans-Pacific route & certainly different postal history!

Reference: 323
INDIAN ARMY IN EGYPT 1915 TO LEEDS

Indian FPO No 29 on PPC of Ismaila, MS 'On Active Service'; large circular purple cachet 'Passed by Censor Indian Expeditionary Force 97' with no other Censor's markings, to Kirkgate Leeds

Reference: 285
AIRLETTER TO BOMBAY CENSORED 1944

GB 6d Airletter (new format August 1944) cancelled Aldershot 30 August 1944, to Bombay: 'Opened by Examiner' sealing label tied with censor's handstamp DHC/92 in purple & on reverse with 'tombstone' censor's handstamp 'Passed DHC/37'; Bombay GPO Window arrival cds 12 September 1944

Reference: 264
REGISTERED LETTER RECEIPT HYDERABAD 1867

Indian postal document headed 'Registered Letter Receipt'; the paper aged with frayed edges, with fine cancellation of double ring cds Hyderabad in red April 24 1867, to Bombay: scarce as these ephemeral documents do not survive easily

Reference: 234
FRENCH INDO-CHINA REGISTERED ITEM TO INDIA 1926

Indo-China definitive issues 20c +3 x 5c & on reverse 2 x 1/5c +2 x 4/5c, a 37c rate, (1 5c has the millesime 5), with R registration h/s; on reverse arrival cds 4 & 5 August 1926 & curious half moon d/s 18 November 1944 with signature. Envelope fragile with faults and frayed edges

Reference: 200
INDIA: 1928 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT CARD.

1928 card with an UFZULGANJ postmark dated 17.DEC.1928, a WELTEVREDEN postmark dated 9.1.29 and various HYDERABAD - DECCAN postmarks with different dates.

Reference: 208H
INDIA: WW2 CENSORED POW POSTCARD TO ITALY.

WW2 postcard from a prisoner of war camp in Bombay to Venezia with British and Italian censor marks.

Reference: 206H
June 2023: Stephen Holder is unwell at the moment and is not, at present, able to take any orders or add new stock to this website