INDIA 1869 SGT8 Telegraph Die I digital-edition and 4d black and orange-red

and 4d black and orange-red

Very fine pair of wrappers both sent from Ballymena to Ballymoney the first example bearing a red manuscript "1d" and a blue boxed "PAID AT/ BALLYMENA" with a matching blue "TOO LATE" handstamp on reverse and transit datestamps for AP

The indicium on reverse similarly cancelled

as result of misplacement

1935 Silver Jubilee 2d ultramarine and grey-black

INDIA 1869 SGT8 Telegraph Die I digital-edition and 4d black and orange-redTelegraph. 1869 78 1r grey, Die I, first wmk (T19), o. g. Centred to the left and with faint trace of toning at foot, still far above average for this elusive stamp. (cat 800). P201003120