31st International Auction

1854/1855: Lithographed 4a. blue & red, 4th printing (probably), tied by "56" numerla in diamond of bars to mourning cover from Cawnpore to London 'Via Bombay & Southampton', with red boxed "INDIA/PAID" and red "PAID/EG/7 JU 7/1855" arrival cds alongside, also '6d' (= ½s. or 4a.) rate mark in m/s, red "CAWNPORE/.../APR/1855" double-ring d/s and indistinct strike of black Bombay transit cds on reverse. The 4a. with almost complete outer frame-lines, fresh and fine, on an attractive cover. Catalog Price 200,00