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Auction: 24030 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3607

(x) Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Jask
Undated envelope (faults) to Muscat marked "H.M Service" and bearing Official ½a. pair (defective) sharing a legible strike of "B" in square bars, despatch and arrival datestamps on reverse - believed to be the sole example of Official mail from Jask at this time; 1892 envelope to Bushire, bearing ½a. tied by small squared-circle d.s.; 1893 (3 Nov.) envelope sent free of charge to Muscat showing despatch and arrival datestamps on reverse; 1896 (12 Sept.) French 10c. stationery card to Jask via Bombay, showing Sea Post Office c.d.s. and straight-line "jask" arrival d.s.; 1902 (14 Mar.) envelope registered to England, bearing 1a. (2) and 2a.6p. (2) all tied by small squared-circle d.s.; 1915 (8 Aug.) picture postcard (Indo European Telegraph and Wireless Station Jask) to Bombay, bearing ½a. pair tied by "jask/persian gulf" double-ring d.s. in red; and 1918 (5 June) 2½a. registered envelope (opened-out) to England, uprated with ½a. and 2a. tied by "jask/persian gulf" double-ring d.s. and showing handstamped registration label. A good lot

provenance:
Alan Parsons, October 2014 for first

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Sold for
£580