1864: Line-Engraved 1 penny red, plate 117, in combination with Surface-Printed 1865, 4 pence vermilion, plate 11 and 1867, 1 shilling green, plate 4, all of fresh colour, perforations mostly fine, tied by a duplex “53 BATH 6 AU 70” to an envelope sent to Salem, Madras, India, endorsed “via Brindisi”, with rectangular “UNCLAIMED” in red alongside a manuscript "Dead” in red ink. Reverse, indistinct sea post oval, red arrival cds “SALEM” (date blurred) and a “MADRAS DEAD LETTER OFFICE” mark. Fine tri-colour combination, sent via a faster routing at a higher rate which was a short-lived, and a not well known option. As a result, there were low volumes of mail sent at these high charges. Few known.
