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;) | CANCELLED air mail sticker to Karachi, Great Britain postal history three reign cover to Karachi pmk'd Hastings 17 May 1937 with air mail sticker tied boxed "CANCELLED". £24 |
;) | MOOLTAN "36", India postal history 1871 mourning cover to Mrs Harkness, The Ivy House, Ore, Hastings, Sussex with 2 x QV 1a, 2 x QV 2a (6a rate) pmk'd MOOLTAN "36" duplex dated JU 8 71 with red boxed INDIA/PAID alongside, reverse Bombay 13 JU 71 and Hastings A/JY 17 71 arrival. John Granville Harkness (1831-1900) was a major-general in the British army during the Victorian era. During the 1830's his family moved to Ivy Lodge, Ore where he attended schools both in Hastings and Brighton. He entered the army on MY 13 1853 as Ensign in the 55th Regiment, without purchase - on the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington for his grandfather's service. Served throughout the Crimean War 1854-55 and carried the Queen's colours at Alma, for heroic conduct nominated for the Victoria Cross. He fought at Inkerman, the assault on the Quarries, siege and fall of Sebastopol and the Battle of the Great Redan. Two pencil drawings of the Crimea War by Harkness survive at the National Army Museum. In 1862 he was appointed to the 5th Fusiliers and ADC to the Governor of Mauritius, later served in South Africa 1864-67, took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880, and he commanded the column that cleared the entrance to the Khyber Pass. £450 |
;) | INDIA postal history 1864 wrapper "via Marseilles" to London with QV 8 pies, QV 2a, QV 4a tied both Bombay "1" duplex and black CARDWELL PARSONS & Co/FORWARDED BY/BOMBAY oval with Bombay OCT 1 64 and red London Paid B/NO 8 64 cds alongside £200 |
;) ;) | INDIA cloth bullion bag postal history Insured home-made cloth bullion bag for sending coins registered at Jalore, wax seals. £125 |
;) ;) | INDIA "147" postal history 1868 decorative mourning cover with QV ½a tied "147" numeral, b/stamped FE 21 68, some toning. £120 |
;) | LOBAU, Saxony to India postal history German 10pf Post Card pmk'd Lobau (Sachsen) 18/12 88 to Delhi, India with Sea Post Office A/1 JA 89 and Delhi 10 JAN arrival. Full text. £24 |
;) ;) | INDIA to BRITISH HONDURAS full printed content Aerogramme from THE STAR, a world famous spiritual society headed by His Holiness Swami Meshwaranandan of KABUL pmk'd 21.2.71. £48 |
;) ;) | SHAHJAHANPUR, India postal history 1876 reg. cover to Shazipoor with QV 1a, 2a, 4a tied SHAHJAHANPUR A-19 duplex dated JAN 16 (76), various backstamps and wax seal. £90 |
;) | 22, India postmark/cancel on QV ½a. £48 |
;) | BRIGADE ROAD, India postmark/cancel 21 JLY 31 on KGV ½a. £4 |
;) | SABZIMANDI, India postmark/cancel 22 AP 04 on vertical pair KE7 ½a. £7 |
;) | 96, India postmark/cancel on QV ½a, faults. £60 |
;) | SAMBALPUR, India postmark/cancel 2 DE 09 on KE7 2a. £5 |
;) | BARA BAZAR, India postmark/cancel 9 MA 05 on QV 2a 6p, larger closed tear at top. £2 |
;) | NASIK CITY, India postmark/cancel 3 MY 04 on KE7 2a. £5 |
;) | BAIRAGANIA, India postmark/cancel 30 OC 05 on KE7 ½a. £5 |
;) | KARWAR, India postmark/cancel 28 JA 01 on QV 2a. £5 |
;) | SERAHA, India postmark/cancel 11 SE 02 on KE7 ½a. £5 |
;) | KHAMBHALIA, India postmark/cancel 19 AUG 35 on KGV 2½a. £5 |
;) | AMRITSAR, India postmark/cancel 16 MY 07 on KE7 1a. £5 |