Pre-Stamp Cover, 1853, Allahabad to Banaras, addressed to “Maharaja Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh Bahadoor, Benares”, dispatched on 7-3-(18)53 from ALLAHABAD(?), Paid 6 Annas, 19-03-1853, Red ink seal of “BENARES” being a delivery mark, minor handling marks otherwise intact condition, Very Rare.

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1841, Belgaum to Madras, Letter posted from Belgaum address to Madras having three-line postmark on front of the cover. Postage paid value 4 As. Red ink dispatched postmark in the box form in three-line, that reads as “BELGAUM | 1841 JUL 6 | Paid 4As”. On the back of the cover two-line rectangular box postmark in Red ink, “G.P.O. | 1841 JUL.12” and A. M. postmark in Black ink within "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1826?/1843, Belgaum to Madras, Letter posted from Belgaum address to Madras having three-line postmark on front of the cover. Postage paid value 4As. Red ink dispatched postmark in the box form in three-line, that reads as “BELGAUM | 18 JUL 26 | Paid 4As”. Seal in a rectangular box in Red ink “G.P.O. | 1843 AUG 1” at the front is visible. Postmark A.M. "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1841, Banaras to Calcutta, Letter posted on the 4th October 1841, endorsed “Full Post-Paid” (handwritten), addressed to the famous Thomas Bracken Esquire, Secretary to the Bank of Bengal, Calcutta, very good condition, Very Rare.

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Pre-Stamp Cover, 1845, Banaras to Calcutta, dispatched from Benares having a Red ink postmark seal of 3 compartments “BENARES STA TN | 1845 JAN 1 | PAID 3”, addressed to the “Secretary of the Bank of Bengal”, Calcutta with the endorsement “PAID” with another Red ink seal from Calcutta G.P.O., reading as “G.P.O. | 1845 JAN 1” and square marking “A.M.” in Black ink denoting that the letter was "   ......Read More

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 “BOMBAY | 1854 APR 6 | Paid 10”. Three different postmarks are visible on the back of the cover, a three-line postmark in a rectangular box in Red ink that reads “G.P.O. "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1854, Bombay to Multan, Bearing 1As., dispatched from Bombay, bearing a rectangular postmark in three-lines “BOMBAY | 3 OCT 1854 | Bearg. 1 AS”, Type 92 BC. It is addressed to “Mooltan”, but was erroneously delivered at Hyderabad on 9^th October, the postmark in Black ink “HYD | RA BAD | OC 9” within a circle. It was then redirected to the place of destination, and a Bluish Green postmark of "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1858, Bombay to London, Letterhead of Bank of Bombay is folded and used as a cover, sent by James Blair (signed), Deputy Secretary, Bank of Bombay on AUG 3 1858 and a dispatch mark in Black ink of “BOMBAY | AUG 5 | 1858” is put on the cover, addressed to famous Printers Messrs. Perkins Bacon & Co., 69 Fleet Street, LONDON, via Marseilles, since the "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1841, Calcutta to Lucknow, Letter written by George Eden, Governor General of India and the Earl of Auckland (1836-42), on 1-4-1841 to Colonel LOW C.B., Lucknow, signed personally on the left bottom as “Auckland” and address written by Governor himself. Since the Governor Generals were not required to pay the levy, postage for them was Free, this cover bears the important postmark seal of Red "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1854, Calcutta to Moorshedabad, endorsed on top “On the Public Service only”, dispatched from Calcutta, it bears the concentric-circle postmark cancellation in Red ink that reads “CALCUTTA GEN^L  POST OFFICE | 2 Nov 1854”. It is addressed to “The Collector Moorshedabad” and has an illegible delivery postmark of “Moorshedabad”, excellent "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1856, Calcutta to Moorshedabad (Murshidabad), Letter on the subject of Lieutenant Governor Tour, posted from the Assistant Accountant, Government of Bengal to "The Collector of Moorshedabad", endorsed on top “On the Public Service Only” No. 838 of 1854/1855. Cancelled with Red ink postmark “CALCUTTA GENERAL POST OFFICE | 12 JAN 1856 at back, superb quality, intact condition,    ......Read More

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, 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 “CALCUTTA | 1848 MAR 25 | WEIGHT TOLA | Paid / 12” placed in a rectangular box, and Black ink “A.M.” postmark in a square box which denotes that it was delivered in the first half of the day, an attractive seal of good "   ......Read More

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 “CALCUTTA | 1851 JAN 21 | WEIGHT TOLA | PAID 6” placed in a rectangular box, postmark of “G.P.O. | 1851 JAN 1930” in Red ink in two-lines within a rectangular box and "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Native Cover, 1820, Sent from Delhie, Bearing 2As., dispatched postmark that reads as “DELHIE | 18 JULY 20 | Bearing 2As” in Black ink. “DELHIE” in a closed box in serif letters, “18 July 20” in an open box, and “Bearing 2As” in a closed box that is perhaps unrecorded, Type # 5 of Hammond Giles, overall good condition, Exceedingly "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1848, Gwalior to Agra, sent to Revered Bishop in Agra, 1Anna Postage Paid, dispatched postmark in a rectangular box of Red ink that reads as “GWALIOR | 7^th May | 48 | Paid 1a”. Date, year, and postage value within the seal in handwritten. Red color wax seal is applied to secure the gluing of the cover. It is addressed to The Right Revd. Dr. J. A. Borghi | Vicar Apostolic & Bishop, "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1850, Jooria to Anjar, dispatched cancellation postmark in a rectangular box in Red ink that reads as “JOORIA | 25/2/50| Paid.”, this cancellation is perhaps unrecorded, the date is handwritten between the text “JOORIA and Paid”. the delivery postmark of a circular shape in Red ink reads “ANJAR | 26 FE 50”, it is also as an UNCORDED SEAL, attractive quality, good "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1850, Kircumbady to Chennapatnam (handwritten in Telugu), Postage Paid 1 Anna, dispatched postmark of the rectangular box in Red ink reads as “KIRCUMBADY | 25-11-50 | Paid 1Anna” in two-lines with date and value that is handwritten. Two-line postmark cancellation of Red ink in a rectangular box “G.P.O. | 1950 NO 27” is applied and the "   ......Read More

Pre-Stamp Cover, 18xx, Kurnool to Madras, Letter posted from Kurnool to Shri Giridhar Das Govind Das Garu at Madras in Telugu manuscript, Postage Paid 2As., dispatched postmark in a rectangular box in Red ink reads as “KURNOOL| 2X-X-XX| Paid 2As.” and delivery postmark of “A.M.” in a Black square box, excellent condition, Very Rare.

Pre-Stamp Cover, 1854, Mangalore to Madras, Postage paid 3As., dispatched postmark in a rectangular box in Red ink reads “MANGALORE | 1854 MAY 20 | Paid 3As” in three-line, delivery postmark in Red ink “G.P.O. | 1854 MY 23” in a rectangular box, “A.M.” postmark in a Black square box, all at the back side of the cover, excellent condition, Extremely Rare. "   ......Read More