£130
Madras - Overland Mail. 1867 (Oct 15) Cover from York to Madras franked G.B 10d, with red "G.P.O / MADRAS / OVERLAND MAIL" c.d.s (Nov 13), reverse with red boxed (chamfered corners) "S.P.O No. 4 / MADRAS" datestamp used at Suburban Post Office No. 4 at Teynampett. The Overland Mail datestamps used on prebagged mail for Madras, the sorting and bagging done on the Suez to Bombay Sea Post Office from 1868; this the earliest recorded example of the Overland Mail c.d.s predating the start of the Sea Post Office, the Madras mails presumably bagged in London.
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