India QUARANTINE DEPOSIT for deck passenger to Batticoloa, Ceylon British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd contract document with The Ceylon Steampship Co. Ltd. headed Paumben 3/5/1911 with combination India KE7 One Anna COURT FEE stamp and CEYLON KE7 5c variously signed etc. Reverse further 15 India KE7 One Anna Court Fee stamps, centrally folded (and will be mailed along fold). Text reads: Received Rs 20/- from A.V. Moosa Nayena being quarantine deposit for deck passenger for Batticoloa for due submission to the inspection of the Medical officer at that port for the Require Number of days. £225
S.A.R. & H. GERDAU. 566, Transvaal incoming from India stampless cover b/stamped MAROLI BAZAR 21 MAR 33 with One Anna Due h/stamp added PONSRA, further tax h/stamps confirming 1d, pair 2d Postage Dues required tied 12 APR 33 arrival, some toned perfs and ragged opening at left. £250
India QV 4a HAND-DRAWN Facsimile – one of 250 plus individually unique items discovered in a cream-coloured vellum stockbook belonging to a Walter D. Young in an old desk by a Cabinet making in Woking, Surrey about July 1951. The artist evidently spent a great deal of time on his work. £24