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Auction: 14037 - Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area, The Alan Parsons Collection
Lot: 2400

The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area
The Postal Agencies
Iraq
Baghdad
Airmails
1918-19 First England-India Flight
1919 (9 Jan.) envelope to India, bearing British Occupation 1a. on 20pa. vertical strip of three tied by "postal service/m.e.f./aerial post-baghdad-delhi/per/handley-page aeroplane" cachet in magenta with F.P.O. 55 c.d.s. applied at left, the reverse with circular-framed "carried by aerial mail/baghdad-delhi/jany. 1919" cachet in violet, Delhi (20.1) and Poona Delivery (23.1) c.d.s.; the envelope opened-out and torn through face panel. Photo

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HK$5,000