Lot 26
Bahawalpur 1886-9 railway covers pair




The George Rab Collection of Bahawalpur Stamps | S24011
Auction: 26 November 2024 at 10:30 GMT
Estimate: £60 - £80
Description
1886 native cover with ½a, Bahawalpur CDS with unframed K.1-IN/ 2/ SEP. 12 TPO; 1889 postal stationery ½a envelope cancelled by K.1. OUT/ SET No. 5 CDS, Bahawalpur arrival 21 FEB on reverse. On two display pages with original photographs of steam trains (one at Samasata Junction, Bahawalpur), and postcards of The Railway Shed, Lahore and The Cantonement Station, N.W. Railway, Karachi (latter fair only)




