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Auction: 17015 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The "Foxley" Collection of Barbados
Lot: 2407

(x) India
Early Letters and Handstamps
Calcutta: 1802 entire (soiled) to Dublin and 1812 entire letter to London, both with oval-framed "Bengal/G.P.O." datestamps across join, 1823 entire letter to Edinburgh with General Post Office datestamp on face and India Letter Deal handstamp on reverse, 1825 entire letter to Uddah Khosalpore with oval-framed "g.p.o./Pt. Pt." datestamp and 1846 entire to London with fine framed "indi " ("a" omitted) handstamp on face; also 18698 envelope to England bearing 6a.8p. cancelled "B/1" and posted just three days before the increase in rate to 8a.8p.

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Sold for
£290