India and States, 1880s/1940s, postal history collection, extensive assembly of 162 items spanning the Victorian period through the George
India and States, 1880s/1940s, postal history collection, extensive assembly of 162 items spanning the Victorian period through the George VI pre-independence era, comprising a varied range of postal stationery, postcards, picture postcards, covers, and airmail material, highlighted by 34 covers from Indian States including Barwani, Faridkot, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Jind, Nabha, Patiala, Soruth, Travancore, and Travancore-Cochin, showing a broad diversity of frankings to numerous destinations throughout the subcontinent and abroad, with first flights, censored mail, illustrated advertising covers, registered and official usages, auxiliary markings, and many items bearing native script or specialised postal markings, offering considerable scope for further study and discovery, a strong foundation for the collector seeking to begin or expand an Indian postal history holding, generally fine-very fine throughout.