Lot 656
656
cover 1877 (28 Oct.) envelope to Amritsar, bearing 1867-78 ½a. ultramarine bisected vertically, prepaying the ¼a.visitor's rate, in combination with India ½a. and sharing a fine strike of the 1875-80 "KASHMIR/5/L-6" duplex, arrival c.d.s. for 3 November on reverse; the envelope soiled and with some creases, nevertheless a remarkable cover. Initialled by Jal Cooper. The lot is accompanied by an 1869 envelope ex the same correspondence bearing ½a. ultramarine and India 1a. sharing Cashmere Post Office "C" duplex. Photo
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cover 1877 (28 Oct.) envelope to Amritsar, bearing 1867-78 ½a. ultramarine bisected vertically, prepaying the ¼a.visitor's rate, in combination with India ½a. and sharing a fine strike of the 1875-80 "KASHMIR/5/L-6" duplex, arrival c.d.s. for 3 November on reverse; the envelope soiled and with some creases, nevertheless a remarkable cover. Initialled by Jal Cooper. The lot is accompanied by an 1869 envelope ex the same correspondence bearing ½a. ultramarine and India 1a. sharing Cashmere Post Office "C" duplex. Photo

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cover 1877 (28 Oct.) envelope to Amritsar, bearing 1867-78 ½a. ultramarine bisected vertically, prepaying the ¼a.visitor's rate, in combination with India ½a. and sharing a fine strike of the 1875-80 "KASHMIR/5/L-6" duplex, arrival c.d.s. for 3 November on reverse; the envelope soiled and with some creases, nevertheless a remarkable cover. Initialled by Jal Cooper. The lot is accompanied by an 1869 envelope ex the same correspondence bearing ½a. ultramarine and India 1a. sharing Cashmere Post Office "C" duplex. Photo
Provenance
Major Hancock
Gerald Sattin
Pierre Couvreur, 1981
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Further details
Note: This lot is accompanied by a transcript of notes taken from the Philatelic Journal of India 1900 regarding the discovery of this cover by Major Hancock. Masson and Sefi & Mortimer refer to this and the 1a. orange being known bisected though the latter say the former is unknown to them. The requirement for the bisect may have been occasioned by a shortage of the .1a. Kashmir stamps at the end of the season. The .1a. value was only used on visitor's mail