£3,000
SWANAGE/NAGPORE - RARE RED INDIA LETTER ON COVER WITH CIRCULAR "NAGPORE/POST/PAID"; Fine 20 July 1837 E (part letter) from "Nagpore Residency Post Office" to Inverness routed "via Bombay" with a faint red circular "NAGPORE/POST/PAID" (HG2; "Scarce") on the flap beside a mainly very fine rare orange-red boxed "INDIA LETTER/SWANAGE" (Rob. In.1; scarce) - probably struck in London in this colour and an Edinburgh transit d.s. on rear and a framed "½" Scottish toll charge h.s. on front. Scarce port of entry for Indian mails. Similar example sold for £220 in our Sep. 2015 sale. Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, SHIP LETTERS, DORSET
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