INDIA -HAMBURG: 1863, cover prepaid till Alexandria with 1856/64, 1 a. brown and 8 a. carmine, tied by octogonal handstamp and showing on reverse blue "FORWARDED BY JOHN BORRADAILE & Co. CALCUTTA" next to red "EX CALCUTTA AG 16 1863" and red Bombay transit mark of August 23rd to Hamburg with arrival mark of 20.9.. On front red "INDIA PAID" and Triest handstamp "6" for the conveyance from Alexandria to Trieste; in Hamburg charged with "8" shilling local currency. Fine and fresh. (SG 39,48)
