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Lots (1614)
1931 (12 Jun) Airmail cover bearing Biplane overprint on 10a red pair tied HVAMMS cds, REYKJAVIK arrival backstamp on same day, small bilingual airmail etiquette, stated to be only 100 flown.
1934 P.12½ Air 20a green bottom imprint block of 8 Thomas De La Rue unmounted mint with hinge remains, SG 209 Cat £40.
1940 P.14 x 13½ 10a green Herring and 25a scarlet both unmounted mint, 10a has gum bend otherwise fine, SG 247 & 250 Cat £135.
1904 EDVII 3r brown and green superb part CDS used by APOLLO BANDAR (Bombay) CDS cancel, extremely fine, SG 140.
1909 EDVII 10r green and carmine a superb unmounted mint example, small paper inclusion otherwise incredible condition for these, SG 144 Cat £400 for mounted mint, would be much more for U/M.
1915 ( 7 & 25 May) Two tatty stampless covers to same correspondence in London both with PASSED BY CENSOR / INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE / 41 in red or 23 cancel in violet, with FPO CDS on reverse No.28 & No.311. Both have tatty edges but mainly good strikes of censor h/s.
1937 10r purple and claret top marginal unmounted mint block of 4, even gum toning otherwise fine. SG 262.
1940 14a purple top value in an attractive left marginal unmounted mint block of 4, fine. SG 277.
1947 (21 Nov) Plain cover bearing 3½a stamp tied BOMBAY first day CDS with printed addr to Bombay Philatelic Co. Mainly fine. SG 302.
1948 First Anniv. of Independence Gandhi set of 4 mounted into a special printed folder, gum is patchy on top value and couple hinge marks from separation sheet otherwise fine example of these. SG 305/308 Cat £425 mint.
1950 Inauguration set in commemorative folder neatly affixed to the inside, mainly fine, SG 329/332.
1968-1981 Unmounted mint collection of sets in a large stockbook, huge range of issues plus a few miniature sheets, ideal to fill those gaps, 100s.
