Lot 1202

Description

Ceylon 1856-1960, small collection of covers, includes Queen Victoria, postal stationary envelope one penny '653' to Romsey UK 9 JAN 1856; another five cents 1893 Colombo to Bombay via Tuticorin; cover three by two cents 1902, Colombo to London; postal ststionary newspaper wrapper two cents 1902 to London; Edward VII, five cents 1910 Colombo to Calcutta; George V, covers, twenty cents 1925 Colombo to Minnesota, six cents 1931 Nuwara Eliya to Kandy, seven by five cents and ten cents WAR STAMPS 1932 Colombo to Bombay via Madras-Bombay FIRST FLIGHT with two official Madras-Karachi first airmail cachets 17 OCT 1932 on back, nine cents 1934 Niwitigala to London, three by two cents 1934 Jaffna to London POSTAGE DUE with additional postage due stamp and markings, two by three cents 1935 Slave Island to Jaffna, another pictorials, nine cents 1936 pictorial Colombo to London, nine cents and two by three cents pictorials 1936 Kandy to Washington D.C. POSTAGE DUE with additional postage due stamp and markings, fifty cents 1937 Colombo to London. George VI, selection of covers (9); Elizabeth II forces mail to UK; later covers including several FDC's. (5). Used. (31)