David Feldman's Great Britain & British Empire June 12, 2018

Great Britain & British Empire / June 12 & 13, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 59 59 20236 F 1856 (Jul 30) Wrapper from Tongnoo to “Major Phayre Commissioner of Burmah Rangoon” bearing 1854 1/2a die I, just cut into with toning, tied by indistinct “B/181” Bengal-type cancel with “TOUNGOO / P.O.” cds adjacent and similar Rangoon cds on reverse, minor cover faults, scarce 600-800 20237 F 1857 (May) Envelope from Moulmein to Calcutta with 1854 1/2a blue die I, four margins, tied to reverse by “B/127” Bengal-type cancel and Calcutta arrival cds, fine 900-1’200 20238 F / 50 1881 Envelope with ms “Port Blair 3 Jan’y 81 -”, franked with GB 1880 1d strip of five cancelled on arrival in London with “10” numerals, presumably sent from a Naval personnel visiting Port Blair in conjunction with the second Anglo-Burma War, Great Yarmouth arrival bs, cover has been opened out for display, an important Port Blair & Burma post history item 2’600-3’000 20239 F / 60 1942 (Aug 10) Envelope from the Captain Smart correspondence sent to his wife at Dehra Dun bearing 6p strip of three tied with light double circle ds, logo on flap “CHIN HILLS BN / BURMA FRONTIER FORCE”, one of only four of five known “Chin Hills” covers that are non-official (approximately forty covers from Chin Hills most of which had the “O.H.M.S.” affixed via typewriter), rare 800-1’000 20240 F / 60 1942 (Aug 21) “Battalion Commandant, Chin Hills” OHMS printed envelope (OHMS erased) from the Lt Col Dugind correspondence censored and sent to Scotland bearing 2p pair tied with light double circle date- stamps, reverse with Aijal / Lushai Hills despatch cds, apparently only four or five known “Chin Hills” covers that are non-official (approximately forty covers from Chin Hills most of which had the “O.H.M.S.” affixed by typewriter), rare and fine 800-1’000