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Finland. 1940 (Mar.) 1a Envelope to Finland endorsed "By Air Mail", a stamp lost in transit, circular "T" handstamp and violet "POSTAL SERVICE SUSPENDED / RETURN TO SENDER", Quetta censor cachet and D.L.O Bombay backstamp (June 18), very unusual. £80-100
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Denmark. 1940 (May 3) Cover from Calcutta to Copenhagen franked 7r3½a, bearing KGV4a + KGVI ½a + 3a + 6a (2) + 2r (3), censor cachet and seal, also "NOT OPENED BY / CENSOR" with violet boxed "NO SERVICE / RETURN TO SENDER", unusual. £100-120
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1940 (Oct 23) Tie-on parcel tag from Army Headquarters in New Delhi to "H.Q Malaya Command, Singapore" inscribed "O.H.M.S, By all air route in personal charge of the pilot, strictly confidential", the reverse bearing Service KGV 10r (2) + KGVI 2r, 5r pair and 10r, the KGV stamps creased prior to use, two other low value stamps sadly missing, still a scarce and unusual use of the high value Service stamps. £80-100
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1940 (Nov 25/Dec 2) Registered covers from Bombay to New York via Hong Kong franked 8r6p with KGV 5r + KGVI 3p pair + 1r + 2r, or franked 13r2½a with KGVI 2a6p + 1r + 2r + 10r, both with violet triangular "PASSED / CENSOR / 13 / HONG KONG" backstamped at Hong Kong, Honolulu and in the U.S.A, the larger cover with a couple of edge tears, otherwise fine. (2). £250-300
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China/Hong Kong. 1940-41 Covers from Shanghai to India franked $1.80, one with a Hong Kong censor label and violet circular "A.V.2", the other with green triangular "PASSED / CENSOR / 9 / HONG KONG" and a Victoria backstamp, both fine. (2). £200-240
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1940-42 Covers (5) and a postcard from India to G.B or Ireland all bearing differing patriotic labels including Madras War Fund Seal of Victory, High Range 1a Seal of Victory, Bombay War Gifts Fund ½a, India Salutes China, etc. (6). £130-160
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China. 1940-44 Covers comprising 1940 cover franked 1r3½a from Bombay to a ship at Shanghai with "NOT ON BOARD / EMPRESS OF RUSSIA"; 1944 cover franked 1r10½a from Calcutta to the Canadian Mission Hospital at Chungking; and 1943 cover from Australia to Bangalore franked 2½d reposted to the Canadian Mission Hospital at Chungking franked 1r6½a. Also 1942 registered cover from South Africa to Chungking franked 1/10 with Calcutta transit backstamps. (4). £200-240
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1940-45 Covers from India to West Africa, franked 14a to Sierra Leone, 1r5½a to Nigeria or Senegal or registered franked 1r9½a to Gold Coast, the first with "India Salutes China" label on reverse, also surface mail covers to Cameroon or Gambia franked 3½a. (6). £120-150
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Red Cross. 1940-45 Differing printed Indian Red Cross envelopes to Switzerland (3) or U.S.A, one franked 7r2a, registered cover to U.S.A franked 4r½a. (4). £150-180
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Diplomatic Mail. c.1940-51 Covers (6) and a card, two c.1940 stampless covers from London (one with War Office cachet) to the War Dept in India handstamped "REGISTERED" and endorsed "By Air Mail Certified Official" or bearing a label "AIR MAIL / GOVERNMENT BAG"; the others sent by U.S diplomatic bag with India stamps cancelled in Washington D.C, the 1942 postcard with "CENSORED" and U.S Army Examiner cachet. (7) £120-150
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1941 Postal stationery postcards to England all endorsed via Chungking, franked at the 1r2a rate, a KGV 4a air mail card franked 2a + 12a, two KGV 9p cards franked 1a + 8a pair or 1r + KGV 1a3p, one with violet circular "PASSED BY / CENSOR". (3). £100-120
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1941 Covers from India to South America sent via the U.S.A, one franked 2r15½a to Brazil, the other 2r11½a to Argentina with Hong Kong backstamp, circular violet "A.V.2" and "NOT OPENED / BY / CENSOR" both applied in Hong Kong, scarce. (2). £200-240
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Brazil/Singapore. 1941 Covers from India to Brazil via U.S.A franked 14a or 2r1½a, the first with violet "TO BE FORWARDED BY / AIR FROM SINGAPORE" and small "8" in circle. (2). £150-180
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1941 Covers from India to England endorsed via Chungking (one inscribed "via Rangoon, Chungking, Hong Kong, U.S.A, Portugal"), two franked 4r5½a or 9r2½a, two others franked 4r5a or 3r7a with a "T" handstamp or 1d charge mark applied but no charge collected upon delivery. (4). £120-150
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Gold Coast. 1941 (Jan 18) Cover from Bombay to Accra franked 14a, flown by the horseshoe route, marked "T120c" and charged 1/6 with six 3d postage due stamp applied, minor edge faults, unusual. Photo on Page 180. £150-180
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Hong Kong/A.V.2. 1941 (Jan/Feb) Covers franked 2r11½a to U.S.A via Hong Kong and Pan Am, both with violet circular "A.V.2" applied in Hong Kong, backstamped at Victoria, Hong Kong, one with "PASSED / CENSOR / 5 / HONG KONG", the other with "NOT OPENED / BY / CENSOR", a fine pair. (2). £140-160
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Hong Kong / A.V.2 / Canada. 1941 (Feb 24) Cover from India to Canada "via China Clipper via Hong Kong", reverse franked 2r10a, violet circular "A.V.2" and boxed "NOT OPENED / BY / CENSOR" applied in Hong Kong with Victoria backstamp, violet boxed "TAXE / CHARGES (2.74)" with Canada 10c (27) + 4c postage due stamps applied (10c stamps in three blocks, applied by the end pairs only, pencil cancelled), edge creasing but very unusual. £150-180
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1941 (Apr 3) Censored cover from Calcutta to England sent via Chungking franked 16r13½a, bearing KGV 15r + KGVI 2a6p, 3a, 8a and 1r, a fine and rare commercial use of the KGV 15r. Photo on Page 180. £400-500
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1941 (Apr. 9) Registered cover form Quilon to England via Auckland, franked KGV 25r and KGVI ½a + 8a, edge creasing and small tears to both the 8a and 25r stamps, still a rare commercial use of the KGV 25r on cover. Photo on Page 184. £350-400
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1941 (July 2) Registered cover from the Spanish Consulate in Bombay to Madrid "via Chungking - U.S.A" with 14r8½a postage paid by KGVI ½a + 8a + 1r (2) + 2r + 10r, reverse with violet boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR / BOMBAY - UNOPENED / NOT TO BE OPENED", despite this having a triangular censor cachet and brown resealing tape on the sides, Honolulu, New York and Madrid backstamps, very unusual. £250-300
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1941 (July 10) Long U.S Foreign Service envelope to The Secretary of State in Washington D.C via Chungking, both sides with large cachet "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT / OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE", 16r15½a postage paid by KGV 9p pair + KGVI 14a + 1r + 5r + 10r, a little creasing to cover and stamps, reverse with cachet "From the Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection". Unusual. Photo on Page 184. £200-250
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1941 (Sep/Oct) Large covers from the same correspondence, from Bombay to South Africa carried by horseshoe route via Cairo, one franked 7r bearing 1r + 2r (3), the others registered franked 13r5p bearing 2a6p pair + 1r + 2r + 5r pair, or franked 14r3p bearing 1a + 2a + 2r pair + 10r, one with large boxed "FREE / VRY 1", a little creasing but unusual. (3). £150-200
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1941 (Sep/Dec) Covers from Calcutta to the same address in New York all inscribed via Auckland, 5r11½a rate franked KGV 3½a + 8a + 5r, 8r9½a rate franked 3½a + 6a + 1r + 2r + 5r, or 11r5½a rate franked 2a + 3½a + 1r + 10r, a few minor edge tears. (3). £280-350
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1941 (Oct/Nov) U.S Foreign Service envelopes from Bombay to the U.S Legation in Baghdad both with "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT / OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE" printed in large lettering on the front, a similar cachet applied to reverse, one franked 14a with violet boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR / BOMBAY - UNOPENED / NOT TO BE OPENED", the other registered franked 1r1a, both with violet boxed cachets in Arabic, unusual. (2). £150-200
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Hong Kong. 1941 (Nov 28) Cover from Bombay to Hong Kong "via Rangoon-Chungking" with India and Burma censor cachets, violet boxed "DETAINED IN HONG KONG / BY JAPANESE / FROM DECEMBER 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 1945", redirected in Chinese script with two boxed Chinese handstamps applied. Small faults at upper edge, otherwise fine, the first cover from India with this rare Hong Kong detained cachet that we have recorded, an exceptional item. Photo on Inside Front Cover. £1,000-1,500
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Malaya. 1941-42 Covers to Malaya, the last posted on 10 Feb 1942 to HQ Malaya Command, Singapore, all returned handstamped boxed "SERVICE NOT NOW / AVAILABLE", "Returned to Sender / Service Suspended" or boxed "SERVICE SUSPENDED / RETURNED TO SENDER", unusual. (3). £150-200
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Barbados. 1941-42 Covers from India to Barbados, one franked 3r9a, the other only franked 14a handstamped "T" and charged 4d with a 1d postage due block of four applied, unusual. (2). £120-150
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New Zealand. 1941-43 Covers from India to New Zealand, the 1941 covers franked 2r10a or 8a6p with a "T" handstamp applied (but no charge collected), 1943 cover franked 14a with red "AIR MAIL SERVICE / NOT AVAILABLE". Also a surface mail cover to New Zealand franked 3½a with a ½a Sind War Stamp applied. (4). £150-200
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Red Cross Postal Messages. 1941-44 Differing printed Indian Red Cross Postal Message Service envelopes from Bombay (2) or Calcutta, also a cover from Colaba with manuscript heading, three to Geneva, another to Rotterdam c/o Red Cross in Geneva, 1944 registered cover inscribed "Messages for Far East" with Indian, British and German censorship, 1942 cover with "Not Examined" cachet of Baghdad and datestamps of Baghdad and Istanbul. (4). £160-200
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1941-45 Covers from India to East Africa, carried by horseshoe route via Cairo, to Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Kenya, Uganda or Tanganyika all franked 14a, also a 1944 registered A.R cover from Tanganyika to India. (6). £140-160
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O.A.T. 1941-45 Covers from Canada, Ireland or Sweden to India all with oval framed "O.A.T" in red. (3). £100-120
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Java. 1942 (Feb/Apr) Covers to Java both returned with boxed "SERVICE SUSPENDED / RETURNED TO SENDER", one with Calcutta Dead Letter Office Unclaimed label, received back in Delhi in November. (2). £120-150
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1942 (Dec 5) "The Statesman" newspaper wrapper to U.S.A with KGVI 1½a + 5r + 10r cancelled by Statesman Press c.d.s, a scarce high franking on a wrapper. £120-150
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Persia. 1942-44 Covers from India to Teheran franked 1r2½a (2) or registered franked 1r6½a or 1r8½a, all with English and Russian Anglo-Soviet-Persian Censorship cachets, two with "Not Examined" cachets applied in Baghdad. (4). £120-140
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China - Diplomatic Bag Mail. 1942-45 Covers (3) and a postcard from Chunking to U.S.A, all carried by diplomatic bag to India where they were posted with India stamps applied, cancelled by "11" or "411" datestamps or at Calcutta, one from the Friends Ambulance Unit, very unusual. (4). £200-250
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O.A.T. 1942-45 Covers from India to Sweden, France, U.S.A, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Egypt or Switzerland all with "O.A.T" handstamps, boxed handstamps in two sizes in red, oval handstamps in two sizes in violet or red, cover to Sweden with Base A.P.O 4 backstamps of Cairo, cover to U.S.A franked 1r8½a from F.P.O 80, cover to Czechoslovakia with two "O.A.T" handstamps. A good lot to nine different destinations. (9). £350-400
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O.A.T/Sweden. 1942-45 Covers from India to Sweden with differing "O.A.T" handstamps in red, also a 1965 cover to Sweden with violet boxed "O.A.T. / F.S" applied in London. (4). £150-180
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Aden - First Flight. 1943 (Feb 18) Cover from A.R Binns in Calcutta to the Postmaster, Aden, inscribed "India - Aden Air Mail", partial Base Air Post Office (Feb 21) backstamp, franked 14a, boxed censor cachet, carried on the first official air mail from India to Aden, no official notification given of this first monthly service flight and therefore no philatelic mail sent with the exception of three covers by A.R Binns (who clearly had sources of information within the Post Office). These three Binns covers are apparently the only items recorded from this first flight. Minor toning but very rare, and not recorded by Brown. Photo on Page 180. £200-250
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Aden. 1943-45 Covers, the first a U.S Foreign Service envelope registered from Calcutta to Aden handstamped "OFFICIAL BUSINESS" with scarce diamond shaped "CENSOR / CALCUTTA / PASSED / UNOPENED / NOT TO BE / OPENED"; the second a 14a envelope franked 1½a to Kamaran with arrival backstamp. Minor faults. (2). £120-140
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Fiji. 1944 (July 25) 4½a Registration envelope to Lautoka, Fiji, reverse with 27 stamps (three covered by the censor label), arrival datestamps of Suva (Oct. 26) and Lautoka, an unusual destination. £100-120
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O.A.T/Canada. 1944-45 Armed Forces Air Letters from Canada to India all with oval framed "O.A.T" in red, one returned with "UNCLAIMED / RETURN TO SENDER". (3). £120-140
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O.A.T/Switzerland. 1944-46 Differing printed Red Cross envelopes from Simla to Switzerland, with differing "O.A.T" handstamps in red or violet. (3). £120-140
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O.A.T. 1945 Forces Air Letter from a Czech soldier franked 6a to Czechoslovakia, and a 6a air letter containing printed Christmas greetings franked 1r to Belgium, with differing boxed "O.A.T" handstamps in red. (2). £100-120
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Red Cross. 1945 Large cover endorsed from "Delegation International Committee of the Red Cross" in Simla, paid 30r15½a to Geneva, bearing KGVI 3½a, 12a, 5r pair and 10r pair, a scarce use of these high values, minor creasing. £180-220
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Red Cross. 1945 Large cover with Red Cross cachet and "Delegate for Brit. India", posted from Bombay to Geneva franked 49r15½a, reverse bearing KGVI 1½a, 14a, 2r pair and 5r single + two blocks of four, the cover with a few creases and edge tears, nevertheless a remarkable high ranking. £200-250
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China. 1945 Covers from Calcutta to a U.S soldier at Kunming, franked 1r10½a, all fine. (3). £150-180
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1945 Air Letters from India to U.S.A franked 6a (3) or 9½a, all handstamped "AIR MAIL LETTER CARD SERVICE / NOT AVAILABLE FORWARDED / BY SURFACE ROUTE", unusual. (4). £150-180
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Bhopal. 1908 (June 25) Letter on headed notepaper in Indian script, from the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrator to the Postmaster at the British Post Office in Bhopal, sending examples of current Bhopal postage stamps as requested, with eight stamps affixed to three pieces, comprising 1902-03 ¼a and ½a and 1889-99 stamps (6), some splitting to pages, a unique document. £120-150
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Patiala. 1938 KGVI 9p Green with Patiala State Service overprint type O5, unmounted mint blocks of 80 and 64, diagonal creases affecting approx. 18 stamps, otherwise fine. S.G. O64, £2,300. £100-120
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Poonch/Jammu & Kashmir. 1890 Cover to England with India 4a6p and Jammu & Kashmir imperf marginal 1a green; and 1894 ¼a postcard to Rawalpindi cancelled by Kahuta squared circle with Poonch 1p red on yellow wove paper tied by boxed native handstamp, both fine. (2). £120-150
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