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Auction: 14037 - Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area, The Alan Parsons Collection
Lot: 2392

The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area
The Postal Agencies
Iraq
Baghdad
British Occupation of Baghdad
1917 (17 Sept.) "On Service" envelope registered to Fort William, Calcutta and redirected to the Wireless Station, Quetta, bearing Pictorial 2a. on 1pi. bright blue, Postal Jubilee perf. 13½ 2a. on 1pi. black and violet and dated crescent obliterated 1a. on G.P.O. 20pa. rose all cancelled by "bagdad" c.d.s. and with handstamped registration label and watery "passed/d/censor" cachet in red at foot, the reverse with Karachi (2.10) and three different Calcutta c.d.s. (6.10); the envelope with vertical crease which crosses the 2a on 1pi., the Jubilee 2a. on 1pi. with some soiling, and registration label with stains, nevertheless a rare mixed issue franking. S.G. 6, 11a, 21. Photo

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HK$48,000