Pre Stamps Covers of East India Company & Victoria Period

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1848, Calcutta to Madras, sent from Calcutta to Girdhardass Govendass in Madras, 12As Postage Paid, four-line dispatched postmark cancellation in Red ink that reads as &ldquo;CALCUTTA | 1848 MAR 25 | WEIGHT TOLA | Paid / 12&rdquo; placed in a rectangular box, and Black ink &ldquo;A.M.&rdquo; postmark in a square box which denotes that it was delivered in the first half of the day, an attractive seal of good quality, excellent condition, Very Rare.

Pre Stamp Cover of 1848 of 12 Annas from Calcutta to Madras with Red Postmark of Weight Tola type

Silver Tanka of Nara Narayan – Cooch Behar, SE 1477.

Queen Victoria TOO LATE Cover dispatched to Switzerland by SEA POST.

Pre-Stamp Cover,&nbsp;2 Annas,&nbsp;1816/1826?,&nbsp;Delhie, letter in Gujarati/Modi language, with a three-compartment rectangular seal, where 2nd compartment is open, this Red ink dispatch postmark cites &ldquo;DELHIE | 10 SEPTEMBER | Bearing 2 As.&rdquo;, value is hand endorsed. Another interesting fact to note is that the date has been struck off and made either 16 or 6, Giles # Type 4, but in Red ink, some usual torn, otherwise good condition, Very Rare.

Note: Cover address and content in Gujarati, letter describes a brief detail on business transactions related to bullocks.

Very Rare Pre-Stamp Cover of Delhi with Red Rectangular Seal bearing 2 Annas.

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1854, Bombay to Madras, Letter posted from Bombay to Geerdhar Dass Govind Dass in Madras, Postage paid 10As., postmark of dispatch on the front side of the cover in Red ink that reads in a three-line compartment as &ldquo;BOMBAY | 1854 APR 6 | Paid 10&rdquo;. Three different postmarks are visible on the back of the cover, a three-line postmark in a rectangular box in Red ink that reads &ldquo;G.P.O. | 1841 JUL.12&rdquo;, a&nbsp;postmark of A.M. in Black ink square, which denotes that the letter was delivered in the first half of the day, and lastly an un-deciphered three-line postmark in Red ink box, exhibit cover, excellent condition, Very Rare. 

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3 Line Cancellation in RED ink, AM cancellation cover dispatched from Bombay to Madras in 1854

Pre-Stamp Cover, 18xx, Calcutta to Madras, 6As Postage Paid, posted from Calcutta to Geerdhar Dass Govind Dass in Madras. three-line rectangular box with Red ink dispatch postmark “CALCUTTA | 18xx”, cancelled with Red ink postmark of G.P.O., and square shaped black ink postmark A. M., the cover is intact with its letter, excellent condition, Very Rare.

Pre Stamp Cover of 1848 dispatched from Calcutta to Madras

Pre-Stamp Cover, Folded Letter, 12 Annas, 1838, Calcutta&nbsp;to Saugor, Dispatch postmark of the rectangular box in Red ink &ldquo;CALCUTTA | 1838 October 20 | Paid 12 As.&rdquo;, value hand endorsed, addressed to &ldquo;Major&rsquo; Genl. Sir Thomas Anbury Bart | Saugor&rdquo;.&nbsp; It is a variant of Giles # Type 21, with an open middle segment on the right side, which is unrecorded by Giles, very good condition, Rare.

Note: Currently known as &#39;Sagar Island&#39;, Saugor lies on the continental shelf of the Bay of Bengal, lying in the Ganges and Brahmaputra deltas. It is the largest island in the Ganges delta, occupying about 300 square kilometers in the Kakdwip subdivision of the south 24 Parganas district. The city of Ganga Sagar is of religious significance, as it hosts the Ganga Sagar Mela (the second largest gathering of Hindus after the Kumbh Mela) during the Makar Sankranti festival. A popular pilgrimage site on the island is the Kapil Muni temple.

Historically, it served as a mail off-loading depot for incoming ships bound for Calcutta and was devastated by a cyclone in 1864.

Rare destination Pre Stamp Cover dispatched from Calcutta to Saugor in 1838.

Pre-Stamp Cover, Ship Letter, 8 Annas, 1860, Bombay to Marib, dispatched from Bombay with Black four-lined rectangle seal as &ldquo;BOMBAY | SHIP COVER | 18 (60?) | Bearing 8 As.&rdquo;, value is hand endorsed outside the seal in Red ink mss &lsquo;8As.&rsquo; denotes 8 Annas. Sender&rsquo;s and receiver&rsquo;s addresses are in Arabic, Black circular seal on the back side citing &ldquo;BOMBAY | ? 1 FE | 1860&rdquo;. Hijri Year 1276 mss in Arabic, two wax seals of red color&nbsp;are applied to secure the gluing of the cover (probably it was insured), very good condition, Rare.

Note: According to its historical significance, Marib was a relatively small and insignificant town. In this period, Yemen, including the region around Marib, was under the control of the Ottoman Empire.

Rare Pre Stamp Cover Ship Letter dispatched from Bombay to Marib in 1860.

Bearing Cover, 1895, Benares Tax, Postage Due 1Anna, addressed to Tonk, Rajputana. Rectangular seal &ldquo;POSTAGE DUE | ONE ANNA&rdquo; on front side, the Urdu/Persian manuscript is about the information of greetings &amp; gifts to Kafila (team),&nbsp;Multiple seals at the back, cancellation of &ldquo;BENARES | T | MA 27 | 95&rdquo; is applied during the time of its dispatch, &ldquo;T&rdquo; is an abbreviation for Tax,&nbsp;This cover would have taken the route via Jeypore, hence the JEYPORE cancellation with date is noted at two places, then finally delivered at its destination to Tonk and postmark of TONK with date was applied, good condition, Rare.

Rare BENARAS TAX Cover addressed to TONK routed via JEYPORE, Postage DUE cover.

DLO Cover, Registered Post, 1950, emanated from Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia, addressed to A. Siruvayal P.O. via Kallal, Ramnad district, South India, tied up with 3 stamps of George VI valued with 6 pence. Dispatched by registered post from BULAWAYO registration no. 9318 as seen on the label.

A total of 8 postmarks/seals are visible, postmark of RANMANAI-SIRUVAYAL RAMNAD with the date in the center visible in two places, the cover reached Siruvayal on the 1st August 1950. D.L.O. Madras cancellation in a square box of 3 Aug 50 at two places. IPOH cancellation of 21 Aug 50 in the round circle. Additionally, an extra paper-note affixed on the cover with the seal of &ldquo;DEAD LETTER OFFICE MADRAS&rdquo; and &ldquo;RE-EXPEIDE&rdquo; with the instruction of redirected to &ldquo;IPOH&rdquo; (via) Madras in Red ink, excellent condition, Very Rare.&nbsp; 

Note: IPOH is situated in the Perak of Malaysia, probably it was redirected from Madras to Malaysia as many traders from the state of Tamilnadu were having businesses in Malaya.

Registered DLO Madras Cover of 1950 sent from Southern Rhodesia to Ramnad via Kallal and reconnected to IPOH Malaysia

Pre-Stamp Cover, 18xx, Calcutta to Madras, 6As Postage Paid, posted from Calcutta to Geerdhar Dass Govind Dass in Madras. three-line rectangular box with Red ink dispatch postmark &ldquo;CALCUTTA | 18xx&rdquo;, cancelled with Red ink postmark of G.P.O., and square shaped black ink postmark A. M., the cover is intact with its letter, excellent condition, Very Rare.

DLO Cover, Air Mail, 1949, 1 Anna x 3 stamps of King George VI affixed, DECCAN AIRWAYS Book Post Cover, an interesting seal of &ldquo;Montreal&rsquo;s National Revenue Postal Branch - DUTY FREE&rdquo; is seen applied. 2 seals of D.L.O. Bombay visible, dispatched to Montreal, Canada, with cancellation slogan &ldquo;MOVE WITH THE TIME USE AIRMAIL. Sent from Astridoon in Secunderabad, excellent condition.

Air Mail DLO Bombay Cover of 1949 of Deccan Airways with SLOGAN Cancellation

Pre-Stamp Cover, Paid Cover, 12 Annas, 1839, Madras to Calcutta, endorsed &lsquo;Paid&rsquo; (handwritten), Dispatched from MADRAS having a three-line Red rectangular seal that reads as &ldquo;MADRAS | 1839 October 19 | PAID 12As&rdquo;, value hand endorsed, addressed to &lsquo;THOMSON RICHARDS ESQ | KIND CARE D. HUFFNAGLE | MESSRS ADAM GIER SMITH &amp; Co. | CALCUTTA&rsquo;, the letter arrived at the destination Calcutta and bears a delivery stamp in Red ink as &quot;G.P.O | 1839 Oct 30&quot; and a small Red square seal &ldquo;PM&rdquo;, Renouf # type 80, Giles # Types 19 &amp; G.14, excellent condition, Rare.

Rare Pre Stamp Paid Cover dispatched from Madras to Calcutta in 1839. 

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1841, Calcutta to Madras, Letter posted from Calcutta to Greedhardass Gobinddass in Madras, 6As Postage Paid, four-line dispatched postmark cancellation in Red ink that reads as &ldquo;CALCUTTA | 1851 JAN 21 | WEIGHT TOLA | PAID 6&rdquo; placed in a rectangular box, postmark of &ldquo;G.P.O. | 1851 JAN 1930&rdquo; in Red ink in two-lines within a rectangular box and &ldquo;P.M.&rdquo; postmark in Red ink within a square box, P.M. denotes that this cover was delivered during the second half of the day, clear attractive seals, excellent condition, Very Rare.&nbsp;

Pre Stamp Cover of 1851 of 6 Annas from Calcutta to Madras with Red Postmark of Weight Tola type.

Airmail cover from British India to Republic India

Air Mail Cover, 1930, King George V period, Peshawar to Leipzig, 4 stamps affixed of total value 9 Annas, Air Mail label affixed, dispatched from Peshawar on 18 JUN 30 via transit at Karachi on 21 Jan 30 and delivered on 30 Jun 1930 in Leipzig, Germany, intact condition, Rare.

Note: This cover is a fascinating offering as it has the advertisement of Afghan Stamps &amp; Coins with its logo on this cover, it is an interesting observation to notice that there was a proper hobby store around a century ago in Peshawar city that is currently in Pakistan. It was sent from K.C. Krishen and Company, Ram Chowk, Peshawar City.

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