Lot# 820 - Auction 321-332
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Lot# : 820 Nepal
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India PO, Residency PO and British Legation in Nepal 1862/1965c.: The collection of covers/cards (48 items) all with India frankings incl. combination usages with Nepal, with 1862 and 1866 incoming covers from India with "NEPAUL P.O." datestamps of receipt in black, 1909 cover with ½ a. green used to Gyantse, Tibet with fair FPO / 81 cds in black, 1885 India ½ a. blue stationery envelope cancelled "D" in bars with "NEPAL" cds well struck on reverse (cert. Hellrigl), 1896 reg'd cover to Rangoon from Nepal at 4 a. rate, 1899 cover with 32 p. carmine pair tied Nepal squared circles, 1902 three colour registered franking to Transvaal; 1908 India ½ a. green on local cover tied NEPAL cds and a similar usage on ½ a. stationery envelope, 1921 reg'd cover to Austria with India ten ½ a. green, 1922 cover with ½ a. green underpaid and taxed, 1936 registered cover to General Shamsher Jang Bahadur franked 3 x 3 p. grey, 1936 cover to Transvaal franked 2 a. 6 p. orange, 1936 cover with India 1½ a. red and Airmail 6 as. bistre to UK, 1945 registered 1½ a. blue reg'd envelope with ½ a. (4) and 12 a. (2) ex British Legation PO, 1951 reg's and Insured cover ex the Indian Embassy, 1953 Registered Diplomatic Bag item with mixed Postage & Official franking to New Delhi, 1954 "California Himalayan Expedition" red label on cover handstamped "Barun Glacier Base Camp", 1959 registered cover at 90 np. rate to Tibet etc. Condition varies but many very fine, an extraordinarily difficult lot to replicate and the basis of an outstanding future collection.Starting bid : 750 CHFHammer price : 900 CHF -
