Lot
1223 
Mail to India, group of 5 covers comprising 1853 folded cover at $1.40 British mail rate via Marseilles for ½-¾ oz. letter incoming from Calcutta to Philadelphia Pa., 1856 use at 53¢ rate from Calcutta to New York even though Starnes does not have this rate listed for India - but it is present for Hong Kong; Jan. 1856 45¢ British mail rate via Southampton from Philadelphia to Calcutta, 1856 Philadelphia 5¢ British open mail rate to Calcutta; 1861 folded letter with #30A at British open mails to Calcutta (last name excised), F.-V.F. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $500