India. (French Settlement In India). 1865. envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 5, 40c orange (imperf pair) tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '26th Feb 65' with boxed 'PD' endorsed 'Per Steamer/ via Suez' with 'Colonies Fra. V. Suez/ 1' French entry cachet in red '27th Mars' (Salles 1851) and Marseille arrival on reverse. Very fine cover from the French Settlement in Pondichery.

India. (French Settlement In India). 1869. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 6, 80c rose tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '17th Aout 69' with boxed 'PD' , routed via Suez with 'Col. Fr. V. S. P. An. Amb. Mars' French entry cachet (Salles 1865) and Bordeaux arrival '19th Sept' on reverse. Superb single franking of the eighty cents Eagle in deep rose used in the French Settlement in Pondichery.

India. (French Settlement In India). 1875. Envelop addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 20, 30c brown (imperf pair) tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '30th Sept 75' endorsed 'Per Messagries Maritimes' with boxed 'PD' and octagonal 'Et. Fr. Inde. V. S./ P.F. Amb. Mar' date stamp in red '24th Oct' (Salles 1887) with Lyon arrival on reverse. Very fine 60c rate on cover.

India. (French settlement In India). 1879. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Ceres' Yvert 17, 5c green/azure and Yvert 34, 20c brown/lilac tied by Inde/ Pondichery double ring '29th Juil 79' , endorsed 'Per Bombay & Brindisi' with 'Col. Fr. V. Brind. A Mod' French entry cachet (Salles 1893) and Marseille arrival on reverse '26th Aout'. Nice item from the French Settlements in Pondichery prepaying the 25c UPU rate to France.

India. (French Settlement In India). 1865. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 5, 40c orange (imperf pair) tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '21st Oct 65' with boxed 'PD' endorsed 'Per Steamer/ via Bombay & Marseille' routed via Suez with 'Col. Fra. V. Suez. Amb C' French entry cachet in red '21st Nov' (Salles 1861) and Toulouse arrival on reverse. Very fine cover beautiful colour on the Eagle 40c orange stamps.

India. (French Settlement In India). 1878. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 17, 5c green/ azure and Yvert 20, 30c brown tied by Inde/ Pondichery double ring '2nd July 78' , endorsed 'Per Bombay & Brindisi' and 'Col Fr. V. Brind./ A Mod' French entry cachet in red on face '28th Juil' (Salles 1893) and Bordeaux arrival on reverse. Very fine and attractive item.

India. (French Settlement In India). 1878. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 18, 10c brown/rose and Yvert 23, 25c blue tied by Inde/ Pondichery double ring '22nd Nov 78', endorsed 'Bombay Steamer' with oval firms cachet 'Francine Appassamy/ Pondichery' and boxed negative 'FAY' in red on face, routed via Brindisi with 'Col. Fr. V. Brind./ A Mod' French entry cachet (Salles 1893) and Bordeaux receiver on reverse. A beautiful cover from the French Settlement in Pondichery to France.

French India. (Mauritius). 1879. Envelope addressed to Mauritius bearing French General Colonies Yvert 17, 5c green/azure (inperf pair) and Yvert 23, 25c blue tied by Inde/Pondichery date stamp '18th Aout', endorsed 'via Aden' with Mauritius receiver in blue on reverse 'Sept 20'. Lovely cover paying the 35c rate. Scarce.

India. (French Settlement In India). 1868. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 6, 80r rose tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Etabs. Fr. De L'Inde/ Pondichery' double ring '20th Mai 68' with boxed 'PD', routed via Suez with 'Colonies Fra. V. Suez/ 1' French entry cachet (Salles 1851) and Marseille arrival '19th Juin' on reverse. Nice single franking used in Pondichery.

India. (French Settlement In India). 1879. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Ceres' Yvert 23, 25c blue tied by Inde/ Pondichery double ring '2nd Sept 79' , endorsed 'Per Bombay & Brindisi' with 'Col. Fr. V. Brind. A Mod' French entry cachet (salles 1893) and Marseille arrival on reverse '24th Sept 79'. Nice item from the French Settlements in Pondichery.

India. (Danish Settlements In India). 1893. Postal stationery envelope 2a 6p orange addressed to Germany cancelled by Tranquebar squared circle, endorsed 'via Brindisi' with Sea Post Office transit and Meltmann arrival.

India. (French Settlements In India). 1858. Envelope addressed to 'Captain Bellamy, Madras' bearing India SG 37, 1/2a blue tied by C/111 in dotted diamond with framed 'Pondicherry/ 1858/Paid' in red on reverse, underpaid with oval '2d..D' in red on face with Madras arrival on reverse. Lovely item.

India. (French Settlement In India). 1871. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 4, 20c blue and Yvert 5, 40c orange tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Etabs. Fr. De L' Inde/Pondichery double ring '8 Mai 71' , endorsed 'Per Messageries Maritimes' with boxed 'PD' and octagonal 'Etab. F. Inde Paq. F./ 3 Mars 3' French entry cachet in red on face (Salles 1884) and Nantes receiver '1st Juin 71' on reverse. A superb Eagle cover from the French Settlement in Pondichery to France.

French Colonies. (French India). 1904. Postal stationary envelope 0.15 on 25c black upgraded with Yvert 1, 1c black/blue, Yvert 4, 5c green (pair) and Yvert 6, 15c blue tied by Inde Pondichery double ring with boxed hand-struck registered addressed to Nancy and forwarded to Jura. Scarce stationary registered.

India. (French Settlement In India). 1868. Envelope addressed to France bearing French General Colonies 'Eagle' Yvert 6, 80c rose (2) tied by dotted lozenge with adjacent Inde/ Pondichery double ring '21st July 68' , boxed 'PD' routed via Suez with 'Col. Fr. V.S. P. An. Amb. Mars' in red '22nd Aout' (Salles 1864) and Bordeaux receiver on reverse '22nd Aout'. A very fine 'Eagle' cover paying the double letter rate from the French Settlement in Pondichery to France.

India. (French Settlements In India). 1857. Envelope addressed to Karikal bearing India SG 37, 1/2a blue tied by 'C/111' in dotted lozenge with boxed Pondichery/ 1857 November 27/Paid' in red on reverse with Karikal arrival. Very fine.

French Colonies. (India). 1883. Envelope to France bearing French General Colonies Yvert 53, 25c ochre tied by Inde Chandernagor double ring in blue routed via Bombay and Brindisi with French entry cachet in red and Bordeaux arrival on reverse. Very fine.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain - Trans Pacific Mail). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to California Bahrain SG 23, 1a carmine, SG 32, 1r brown and grey and SG 33, 2r purple and brown tied by Bahrain double ring '22nd June 41' , endorsed' Via B.O.A.C. to Auckland/ Pan American Airways to San Francisco' with 'Opened Censor' label tied by triangular 'Passed By Censor/ A 11' on face. Lovely item of censored mail routed via Hong Kong and New Zealand on the Trans-Pacific Service.

Ex Ted Proud, Air Mail collection.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to Scotland bearing SG 23, 1a carmine, SG 24, 2 vermilion and SG 31, 12a lake tied by Bahrain/ Persian Gulf double ring.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to the United States bearing Bahrain SG 23, 1a carmine, SG 27, 3a 6p blue (3) and SG 32, 2r brown and purple tied by Bahrain Air/ Persian Gulf date stamp '3rd Apr 41' , routed via India with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by triangular 'Passed by Censor/ A 11' hand-stamp. Very fine item.

Persian Gulf. (Kuwait). 1942. Air Mail envelope addressed to India bearing India SG 248, 1/2a brown and SG 250, 1a carmine (pair) tied by Kuwait/Persian Gulf double ring with 'Opened by Examiner' label tied by framed 'Crown/Passed/DHC/30' censor hand-stamp with Bombay arrival. Unoverpinted stamps of India were used in Kuwait between 1941 and 1945.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain). 1949. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Uganda, East Africa bearing SG 67, 2 1/2d ultramarine, SG 68, 3a on 3d violet, SG 69, 6a on 6d bright purple and SG 70, 1r on 1s brown tied by Bahrain single ring '17th Nov' with registered label and hand-struck 'A.V.2' on face routed via Egypt with Aeroport Farouk transit '20th Nov' and Registered/Kampala with Entebbe '26/11' receiver on reverse. Scarce item of 'AV/2' mail from Bahrain to a rare destination.

Persian Gulf. (Kuwait). 1943. Air Mail envelope addressed to the United States bearing Kuwait SG 59, 3 1/2a bright blue and SG 61, 8a slate-violet (5) tied by Kuwait/Persian Gulf machine type date stamp with 'Opened by Examiner' label tied by framed 'Passed by Censor /Kuwait' hand-stamp in violet. Lovely item of censored mail.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain). 1946. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to London bearing SG 41, 1a carmine (8) and SG 45, 3a bright violet (strip of three) tied by Bahrain double ring with m/s 'R' and hand-struck 'Bahrain'. Scarce registered hand-stamp. Very attractive franking.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain). 1958. Air Mail envelope addressed to England bearing Bahrain SG 41, 1a carmine (pair), SG 47, 4a brown (strip of three) and SG 48, 6a turquoise (pair) tied by Bahrain/ Persian Gulf roller.

Persian Gulf. (Bahrain). 1954. Air Mail envelope addressed to 'Doris Day, c/o Warner Bros, Burbank, California' written from 'H.M.S. Wren' bearing Bahrain SG 84, 2 1/2a on 2 1/2d carmine tied by Field Post Office/551 double ring. Scarce item.

India. (French Settlement In Pondichery). 1872. Envelope addressed to France bearing India SG 56, 8p purple, SG 58, 1a pale brown (pair) and SG 64, 4a green tied by Pondichery/ 111 duplex 'Ap 4 72' with hand-stamp 'PD' and boxed Frontier/ TPO', Bombay transit '8 Apr' with French entry cachet 'Poss. Ang. V Brind. A Mod' on face and Paris receiver '29 Avril' on reverse.

French Colonies. (India). 1894. Postal stationery card 10c black cancelled by Inde Pondichery double ring addressed to Germany with 'Modane a Paris' entry cachet and Ulm arrival. Very fine.

Persian Gulf. (Kuwait). 1942. Registered envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Kuwait SG 32, 3a blue and SG 34, 6a bistre tied by Kuwait/ Persian Gulf double ring with 'Kuwait' registered label and framed 'Crown/Passed/ T. 168' censor hand-stamp in violet and 'Crown/ Passed/ DHC/ 23' hand-stamp in black on face with German censor tape on reverse tied by Zurich arrival. Very fine and scarce with triple censorship.

Persian Gulf. (Bushire/Egypt). 1898. Envelope addressed to Egypt bearing India SG 85, 1/2 anna green (pair) tied by Bushire squared circle 'March 23rd' , underpaid with hand-struck 'T' in circle and m/s '15cts' in blue crayon bearing Egypt postage dues SG D71, 2m green and SG D73, 1p ultramarine tied by Cairo receiver. Very fine. combination.

India. 1940. Air Mail envelope written from the '14th Punjab Regiment' addressed to England bearing India SG 256, 6a turquoise and SG 257. 8a violet tied by Mall Road/Peshawar double ring '29th Apr 40' with triangular 'Passed Censor/ Peshawar/2' censor cachet in carmine on face. Nice item of censored mail from Peshawar.

India. (Netherlands East Indies). 1940. Air Mail envelope addressed to the Netherlands East Indies bearing India SG 249, 9p green (2) and SG 257, 6a slate tied by Jahalrapatan (City) double ring on reverse '14th Mar 40' , with 'Opened by Censor' tape tied by triangular 'Passed Cenor/ Calcutta', endorsed 'via Singapore and Sourabaya' , underpaid with circular 'T' and bearing Netherlands East Indies postage due SG D230, 7 1/2c salmon and SG D238, 40c salmon (pair) tied by Denpasar receiver '27th Mar' on face. Very fine.

India. 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Holland bearing SG 247, 3p grey, grey. SG 251, 2a vermilion and SG 259, 1r brown and grey tied by Kalbadevien double ring '18th Nov 39' with 'Passed by censor' label and Permit Form censor on reverse signed by Chief Censor. Scarce item rated maximum points by Morenweiser.

India. (Afghanistan). 1941. Envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Afghanistan Yvert 301, 25f red and Yvert 309, 1f mauve tied by Kaboul date stamp with 'Opened by Censor/ H label with triangular 'Passed Censor/H 1' applied in Peshawar. Scarce Censor label from Peshawar rated 10 points by Morenweiser.

India. (Netherlands East Indies). 1914. Envelope addressed to Java bearing India SG 155, 1/2a green and SG 168, 2a purple tied by Bombay double ring with 'Passed Censor/ Bombay' in violet on face with 'Opened by censor' label on reverse tied by Weltevreden receiver '27/12' . Nice item with double censor to the Netherlands East Indies.

India. (Afghanistan). 1939. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Afghanistan Yvert 308, 80f brown, Yvert 309, 1f mauve and Yvert 310, 2f carmine tied by Kaboul date stamp '31st Dec 39' with hand-struck 'R/ Kabual/ No 143' in violet routed via Peshawar with 'Opened by Censor' label and triangular 'Passed Censor/ Peshawar/ 1' in carmine on face with Lausanne arrival '22nd Feb 40' on reverse. Beautiful item of registered mail via Peshawar.

India. (Afghanistan). 1942. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Switzerland bearing Afghanistan Yvert 298, 10f violet, Yvert 299, 15f green, yvert 305, 50f orange and Yvert 310, 2f carmine tied by Kaboul date stamp endorsed 'Registered' with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by triangular 'Passed Censor/H 2' applied in Peshawar with Reinach arrival '23rd Mar 42' . Nice item of registered mail from Afghanistan.

India. (Ireland). 1870. Envelope addressed to Ireland bearing SG 54, 1/2a blue and SG 69, 4a green (2) tied by 'Madras' Type '95' in dotted lozenge with Coonoor date stamp on reverse routed via Raichore and Bombay endorsed 'via Marseille' with framed 'Insufficient' and oval 'More To Pay' with hand-struck boxed instructional 'Insufficient Postage/Oz/ Fine/10d' with Mullingar arrival and rated '40' in m/s. Great item full of character. Scarce item of underpaid mail to Ireland with instructional hand-stamp.

India. (Rajasthan). 1900. Indian postal stationery envelope 'half anna' green upgraded with SG 85, 1/2a green with letter written from Colonel Edmund Grubbe, 88th Connaught Rangers to his sister at Southwold, Suffolk written from Nasisrabad dated '12th Dec 1900' cancelled by Nasirabad/Rajputana date stamp '13th Dec 00' with Southwold arrival 'De 30' on reverse.

French India. (Thailand - French China). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Cantho, French China bearing India SG 254, 3a6p blue and SG 2, 1r grey and brown tied by Karikal date stamp '23rd Jan 41' with 'Opened by Censor' label tied by triangular 'Passed by Censor/ A-14' cachet with boxed '43' hand-stamp, routed via Bangkok and Saigon '13/2' and Cantho arrival. Nice item of mail sent by 'JAL (Di Nippon Airways).

23rd January 1941. French India to Indo China. By 'BOAC' NE 54' which left Calcutta 30 Jan uary and arrived Bangkok the same day. On by JAL arriving Saigon 13 February (on by surface). Franked R1 3 1/2 annas for 3 1/2 anna UPU rate plus ONE RUPEE air fee,

Ex Ted Proud.

India. (Netherlands East Indies). 1941. Air Mail envelope addressed to Java,Netherlands East Indies bearing India SG 248, 1/2a brown, SG 250, 1a carmine, SG 273, 4a brown (3) and SG 275, 8a slate tied by Bombay roller with Bombay censor tape 'Opened by Censor/ 272C' tied by triangular 'Passed by Censor/ C 11' and 'Diboeka Oleh Censuur' lebel tied by 'Censuur/3' date stamp with circular Dev/8' and 'Ec C' on face. Very nice item of censored mail from India to the Netherlands East Indies in WW1 with six different censors cachet and labels.

India. 1939. Air Mail envelope addressed to Amsterdam endorsed 'Tata Air Mail India - Italy (Brindisi)' bearing India SG 238, 3a6p slate, SG 251, 2a vermilion and SG 259, 1r grey and brown tied by Kalbadevi date stamp '27 Nov 39' with 'Opened by Censor' label. Scarce label used in Bombay from 'Sept 39 until November 39. Rated maximum rarity by Morenweiser.

India. (Third Afghan War). 1919. stamp-less envelope addressed to London headed 'On Active Service' cancelled by 'F.P.O. 150' dated '9th June 19' written from staff Sergeant Luxmoore, Royal Army Medical Corps' . A nice item from the 3rd Afghan War at Landi Kotal.

India. (French Colonies). 1903. picture post card of 'Sivaganga Tank, Chidambaram' addressed to Tunisia, North Africa bearing SG 122, 1/2a green tied by Calcutta date stamp '25th Nov' with Sea Post Office transit, underpaid with circular 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Tunisia postage due Yvert 29, 10c brown applied and tied by Tunis/Regence de Tunis double ring '15th Dec' on face. Lovely item of potage due mail from India.

India. (the Malakand Field Force). 1897. Envelope addressed to England bearing India SG 103, 2 1/2a green tied by Malakand date stamp '13th Oc 97' date stamp routed via Sea Post Office 'Oct 16' with Ascot and Sunningdale arrival 'Nov 1st' on reverse. Scarce item from the civilian Post Office of the Malakand Field Force.

French Indo-China. (International Commission In Indo-China). 1957. Air Mail envelope headed 'Box 220, Saigon, South Vietnam' addressed to London bearing Commission in Viet Nam SG N 26, 2np brown, SG N27, 6np grey (pair), SG N28, 13np bright carmine and SG N29, 50np orange tied by 'F.P.O. No 745' double ring. Scarce item from the International Commission in Indo-China.

India. (Pondicherry - French Levant). 1943. Registered envelope addressed to 'B.C.M. 1, Syria' bearing India SG 248, 1/2a brown, SG 271b, 3 1/2a purple (pair) and SG 275, 8a slate (pair) tied by Pondicherry date stamp '17 Sept 43' with matching registered label and oval 'L' Autorite Militaite/ Vu Par' on face in carmine routed via Madras with 'Opened by Examiner' label tied by 'DHD/67' hand-stamp with 'Field Post Office' transit '27th Sept' and 'Poste Aux Armees/ B.C.M. 1/ F.F.L.' receiver '2nd Oct'. Excellent item.

India. (Soldiers Envelope FROM BURMA). 1868. Mourning envelope addressed to Scotland bearing SG 72, 6a8p grey tied by Bengal type duplex, signed by the Officer with Thayetmyo transit on reverse, endorsed 'via Bombay & Marseille' with framed 'India/Paid' with Edinburgh arrival and forwarded to London. Very fine.

India. (Indian Feudatory States). 1933. Registered Morvi State postal stationary envelope 1/2a green upgraded with SG 9, 6p emerald green (3) tied by native date stamp with registered label. Very fine and scarce.

India. (Egypt). 1907. Picture post card written from Port Said addressed to Meerut, India bearing Egypt SG 62, 4m vermilion tied by Port Said date stamp with boxed transit 'Received by/Austrian Steamer/Bombay' dated '19 Ja. 09' and Meerut arrival. A scarce item of maritime mail.