India Used abroad. Brev, Three different covers: The 1st is a very nice cover from IPO in Bandas Abas franked half anna blue canc square barred with "B" in the middle plus a c..Read more
India Used abroad. Brev, Three different covers: The 1st is a very nice cover from IPO in Bandas Abas franked half anna blue canc square barred with "B" in the middle plus a circled BANDARABÀS sent islamis Hijri year 1299 = 1881/82 to Bombay with very clear arrival mark of Bombay. SUPERB CONDITION! The 2nd: Two annas registration postal stationary envelope uprated 1a sent from Bushire June 1900 to Wano, India, arr July 1900, right upper corner's paper bit damaged; The 3d cover sent from Bandar Abass 1922 franked 2×1/2a + 2as add to Bombay arrival canc. Brownish humidity spots affecting the covers. Show less
India Used abroad. Brev, Six covers related to the Gulf. The first is a 1921 cover from Linga to Bombay franked 1/2a + 2×1a arr Bombay 10 MAR 1921; A 1867 cover cancelled..Read more
India Used abroad. Brev, Six covers related to the Gulf. The first is a 1921 cover from Linga to Bombay franked 1/2a + 2×1a arr Bombay 10 MAR 1921; A 1867 cover cancelled excellent duplex Bombay/India Paid + "1" on 1/2a East India adhesive addressed to Bushire; and the third one 5×1/2a sent to France during WW1. A small size, unusual, violet censor "PASSED CENSOR/BOMBAY on front. Also a large censor label in red "OPENED BY CENSOR". A 4th cover is from Bombay addressed to Yezd (via Bandar Abass 1901) franked with 20-block of three pies + nine three pies of Queen Victoria of 1900 issue (one has fallen off) i.e. a total of 90 pies. Probably insured. Very interesting assemble. Good to very good condition for this area. Show less
Iran Indian post offices. Brev, JASK Two covers of which one is from 1886 cancelled by a square with "B" in the middle on pair of 1/2a sent to Shirkarpur in India. A corner to..Read more
Iran Indian post offices. Brev, JASK Two covers of which one is from 1886 cancelled by a square with "B" in the middle on pair of 1/2a sent to Shirkarpur in India. A corner torn away and normal condition from that area. Very RARE. The second item is an "Active Service" military unfranked cover from sept 1915 cancelled with large and nice strike of JASK/PERSIAN GULF DI 19 SEP 15. A Bonbay large circled pmk 27 SEP 15. On the front a very nice and clear Bombay violet censor no 30. Flap torn off. Condition otherwise quite nice but for some color spots. Nevertheless also a rare cover. Show less
Italy Colonies. */¤. Mint and used collection of several hundred different stamps housed in an album (lacking bolts), with plenty of better material, incl. Crete 1906 La Canea..Read more
Italy Colonies. */¤. Mint and used collection of several hundred different stamps housed in an album (lacking bolts), with plenty of better material, incl. Crete 1906 La Canea 1L mnh (Scott #12), Offices in Turkish Empire 1921 4pi on 20c and 5pi on 25c mint (#23/24), Aegean Islands 1912 set mint (#1/2) through to 1933 zeppelin set mint (#C20/C25, tone spots), 1932 Garibaldi set mint (#C15/C19), etc, Garibaldi sets of Patmos, Scarpanto, Rhodes and better Emmanuel heads incl. Piscopi 20c orange (#5) and Rhodes 1921 15c slate mint (#4), as well as general colonies football set mint (#46/50), occupations in Venezia Giulia 60c superb used on piece (#N29), the 1918 express mint (#NE1), o/ps on Austria incl. Trentino 12h used (N37), etc, followed by Italian Africa with useful mint never hinged sets, Eritrea and Somalia both with the 1930 national defence monuments sets mint (#B29/B32 respectively) and of Cyrenaica (#B25/B28), etc, through to Libya from first issues to express and parcel post and on into independence with many mint/nh sets through to 1980s. Please view page by page as there is far more here than mentioned in this overview. Show less