Lot 818 French India: 1906 (11 September), 1a postal stationery card, datelined Neelapalli, Godavari District, cancelled “YANAM 11 SE 06”, to Lausanne, Switzerland, with “T-4 IN / SET No ? / SE 13”, “T-4 OUT / SET NO 2 / SE 13”, Bombay (16 Sep) and Sea Post Office (22 Sep) transit markings, a scarce usage from French India with quality strikes, fine-very fine. Estimate C$150, sold for C$450.00 plus 18% buyer’s premium.
Sea Post Office
Lot 305, India 1893 postal stationery cover to Spanish West Indies, sold for C$321
Lot 305 India #88 1893 (January 2), 1a brown purple, uprating 2a6pi surcharged postal stationery cover, tied by “A” circular grid, registered from Dehra Dun to H.B.M. Vice Consul F.W. Ramsden at “St. Jago de Cuba”, SPANISH WEST INDIES, endorsed “via Brindisi” and “via United States”, “Registered London” (21 Jan) oval transit on front, “Sea Post Office B” (7 Jan) and “Santiago de Cuba” (4 Feb) c.d.s. backstamps, repaired opening tears at top and to back, an eye-appealing cover to a scarce destination. (S.G. 88)
F.W. Ramsden, British diplomat, was also the first person documented to have climbed the peak of Pico Turquino, the highest point in Cuba.
Sold for C$275.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 386, Canada 1899 Map Stamp cover Shediac New Brunswick to India, overpaid, sold for C$1,150
Lot 386 Canada 1899 Overpayment of the old UPU Registered Rate to India, mailed Shediac NB on AUG.28.1899 (squared circles) registered to Madras, British India, through St John NB, London England (SEP.6), SEA POST OFFICE (SEP.18), Triplicane (SEP.25) and Mylapore (SEP.25). 2c stationery cover is uprated with a 2c Map, two different Provisionals and a 2c Numeral, paying the old UPU rate of 10c, overpaying by 3c. The new 7c (2c + 5c) rate took effect on January 1st, and not everyone must have known, or some would say they refused to acknowledge it. Very fine. From the Robert Lunn Map Stamp Collection. Estimate C$200, sold for C$1,000.00 plus 15% buyer’s premium.