cover 1864 small native envelope to Umritsur, showing a fine strike of the Jammu seal handstamp in red-purple in combination with India ½a. cancelled by a light strike of the Sealkote "54" duplex, Umritsur arrival c.d.s. in red on reverse. Rare and unusual to find both seal and adhesive on the same side of the cover. Photo

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JAMMU AND KASHMIR The Award-Winning Postal History Collection formed by Anthony S. Bard, FRPSL, of London This fine collection has been painstakingly formed over the last 30 years and demonstrates a high degree of diligent research and study. The covers in the following lots are generally of a high standard and all are mounted on album pages with translations of dates, and in many instances, other historical and postal details. Few postal historians have tried to collect and study the complexities of these fascinating States. Anthony Bard has suceeded and in so doing has formed a remarakble collection that Spink are proud to offer in the following section. The state of Poonch (Punch) forms an integral part of the Postal History of Jammu and Kashmir, and the Bard collection of this State follows as lots 721 to 740 The Jammu Seal Handstamp, 1861-66

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