362 / März 2016
362. Heinrich Koehler Auction
1852, Scinde 1/2 a. blue, large even margins and fresh colour, neatly cancelled by diamont of bars, extremely fin, certificate BPA (2016)
1854, 2nd Printing 4 a. blue and red, two single stamps, cut to shape, tied by diamond of bars cancel to folded letter from "BOMBAY 10.AP.(55)" (on reverse) with red boxed "INDIA PAID" and French transit mark "INDES OR. 2 MARSEILLE 2 3.MAI.55" to Bordeaux and with arrival mark, French tax mark "10" cancelled and new handwritten tax "20" (Decimes) on front, fine
1856, 1/2 a. pale blue tied by diamond of dot "C/III" to folded letter with red handstamp "TOO LATE" and boxed "PONDICHERRY Paid 1857 Mrz.3" on rerverse to Karrical with arrival mark, fine
1865, 8 a. pale carmin on bluish and 8 p. purple, tied by blue octogonal "B/1" to mourning cover from Calcutta with black boxed "P.D." and French transit mark to Bern, Switzerland with arrival mark, fine, small tear at right, otherwise fine
1865, 2 a. orange, horizontal strip of 4, tied by diamonds of bars and pen stroke cancel to cover with handwritten endorsement "via Southampton" and red tax mark "2" via London and New York to New Haven, cover with little tears and crease at margins, otherwise fine
1882, 2 a. blue and 1 a. brown-purple tied by barred "M" to reverse to cover from Madras to Solvesborg, Sweden with arrival mark and retour with label "Non réclamé.." and blue postmark "POSTIT.SPEKTION S.D. 17.5.1887" via Bombay to Madras with arrival mark "D.L.O. MADRAS 10.JU.87" on rerverse, fine
1865, "CALCUTTA 21.OCTR.65", octogonal postmark in blue on reverse on folded letter with handwritten endorsement "Voie de Bombay..." and blue transit mark "GB/1 Fr.62 4/10 c" via Bordeaux to Nantes with arrival mark, fine
Incoming Mail: 1861, French Napoléon 80 c. carmine, heavy cut into at top and bottom, tied by PC "3537" to cover from "VERSAILLES 18.DEC.60" to Lahore with arrival mark and forwarded with postmark "REDIRECTED LAHORE P.O. 20.JAN.61", red boxed "P.P." cancelled and red boxed "PD" on front, horizontal folded at top and crease
Used in Burma: "PROME APR 24"(1877) on registered envelope with India 1865, ½ a. and 2 a. (2),tied by diamond of barrs, with adjacent boxed register mark with manuscript "Prome 24 april 77" and clear "STEAMER LETTER G.P.O. CALCUTTA"; on front transit mark of Rangoon; fine and scarce
26 FOTOS
1854/1969, interessante anfangs gestempelte, später zunehmend postfrische Sammlung mit diversen besseren Werten, dabei u.a. Mi.-Nr. 7 viereckig außerdem Mi.-Nr. 187-90 postfrisch und Mi.-Nr. 191-206 ungebraucht, gute Erhaltung
104 FOTOS
1947/87, postfrische, ungebrauchte und etwas gestempelte Sammlung mit u.a. Mi.-Nr. 187-90 ungebraucht, dazu Doubletten
1823/1950, hochinteressanter Posten ab Vorphila mit über 60 Briefen und Ganzsachen mit Schwerpunkt bis ca. 1900, dabei viele frühe Auslandsbriefe mit Buntfrankaturen, Destinationen und Transitstempel, einige Nachporto- und Retour/Nachsende-Belege, interessante Nebenstempel, etwa "Used Abroad" und Indische-Kleinstaaten usw., Erhaltung zum Teil etwas unterschiedlich, meist aber in guter Bedarfserhaltung
1854/1938, interessante Partie von über 20 Briefen und Dokumenten, dabei Mi.-Nr. 7 achteckig geschnitten auf Brief nach England, sowie 8 Briefe mit Mi.-Nr. 4, Ganzsachen, Dokumente, außerdem einige ehemalige Auktionslose, teils ausführlich auf Blättern beschrieben, teils etwas fehlerhaft, viel aber in guter Erhaltung