Lot 20521 – British India/Persian P.O. Boushir

1873-1923, Collection of private, merchant/company covers incl. 1873 QV East India 1/2a blue tied by a fine 29/AUG/73 Bombay B1 h.s. on cover to Boushir, 1896 20pa rose-carmine pair tied by Ghouria (Cairo) 13/MAY/96 c.d.s. pair on cover to Isphahan carried on the ‘SS Shannon’, with Sea P.O. Type 8 h.s. at 225 degrees, previously unrecorded by the Sea Post society. 1907 QV 12a and KEVII 1/2d block of four tied by five Type B Boushir c.d.s. on cover to Bombay. Also 1911 1 to 6c, tied Teheran/7 December/11 c.d.s’s on Persian Division of the Indian Government Telegraph cover hand delivered to London. 1922/29 pair of covers to India addressed to ‘John Ernest Buttery Hotson’ (President of the Philatelic society of India, 1923-28) one on ‘British Consulate/Shiraz’ stationery.