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Auction: 24030 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3591

(x) Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Bushire
1894 (26 Dec.) envelope from Linga to Bushire bearing ½a. tied by squared-circle d.s. and showing "bushire/dep" c.d.s. (2.1) alongside; 1897 (5 Dec.) 1a. stationery card registered to Germany, uprated with 1a. pair tied by small "bushire" squared-circle d.s. and showing registration h.s.; 1900 (12 Aug.) envelope from Zanzibar via Bombay to Bushire, bearing 2½a. tied by squared-circle d.s. and showing arrival c.d.s. on reverse; 1901 (10 Mar.) 2a. registered envelope to Latvia uprated with ½a. and 1a. (2) tied by "bridge" type c.d.s. and showing registration h.s.; 1902 (July) envelope registered from Aden to Bushire, bearing 4a. and showing Persian PO arrival datestamp; 1901 (6 Mar.) envelope registered to Germany, bearing 1a. pair and 2a.6p. tied by "bushire/reg" c.d.s.; 1903 (21 Aug.) envelope registered from Bombay to Bushire bearing, on reverse, QV 2a., 3a. pair and 4a. and KE 3p. and ½a. (4); 1904 (20 Nov.) "on his majesty's service" envelope to Bombay, bearing Official 1a. tied by large squared-circle d.s.; 1910 (21 Dec.) envelope registered to Bombay, bearing 3a. tied by "bushire/reg" c.d.s. and showing registration h.s.; and 1921 (22 Jan) envelope to London, marked "O.H.M.S.", showing Bombay and arrival datestamps with despatch on reverse

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