Lot 218
India pre-stamp postal history collection



Stamps and Covers of Asia & the Middle East | S25009
Auction: 2 September 2025 at 11:00 BST
£2,520
Description
1830s-1840s pre-stamp postal history collection, mostly locally addressed or to England, bearing assorted marks and displaying various rates, including 1842 entire letter to London endorsed ‘Per Overland Mail’ and ‘China Expedition’ from the First Opium War, dated ‘Macao Dec. 1842’, with forwarding agent's cachet and typed-up transcript of original contents, Ship letter markings with Calcutta and Portsmouth examples, mixed condition, an interesting lot. (19)



