India KGVI Cover To Canada

This is from a small bunch of covers and stamps on paper from a family collection that I was just given today to sell. I am lucky to see so many neat things. I really don't know the value of this (or the stamps) but thought it was neat.

From Calcutta, India to Halifax, Canada.

Somewhat dirty and stained from the glue in the envelope coming through but still nice.

I like this monogram of the sender's initials, PML. The P is white, hollow, the M is slightly filled in, darker, and the L is shaded in completely, darkest.

nice stamps, present well.
Anyone know the value of these handsome fellows? Thanks!
Nice cancel, even though smudged: 'CALCUTTA G.P.O. / MR (?) / 11 ?? A.M. / 1947 / ornaments (nice) and I presume INDIA perhaps in the missing bottom part'

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Any further information is, of course, welcome.

what who gave it to you to sell? I want to see the listing in case it goes cheap

Family, they were just going to take all of this stuff to the stamp store and take whatever they wanted to give them. I said well, let me try on ebay and see what happens. Lots of work but lots of fun too. Learned lots too (when I wanted to, that is). I am still working through it after years and they bring me more.

Note the envelope on this one is light green coloured. Why? Is that done on purpose of is it something in the chemical make-up of the paper used to make the envelope?

I will send you a link to the auction whenever I get it listed.

I was thinking I should list the India cover (and stamps from before) on ebay UK as there seems to be more interest in India there. What think you?

USA

if you list it anywhere else you might be better off selling it to me for a dollar at least you want have to pay ebay :)

Er, why not try to list it here?

yes list it here. I might get it for free then just make sure jubilee is on holiday :)

Wrong King spock, wrong King.....

The stamps on the envelope, a pair of One Rupee stamps are No 93 in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue. Current catalogue value for mint would be about £1 and used (as in this case) 15 pence.

It just so happens that I have spent a year researching First Day Covers, hundreds of which were left to me by my late father.

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Mandrake, welcome to the forum! Thank you for the catalogue number and values.

By the way, what was the day of issue for these stamps?

the lad said they were worth 30 pence no biggie send them over my way. I can afford 30 pence in my present condition

My dear spock, that was the catalogue value. I know there is a perceived value also which is sometimes more.

now you are talking like like a CXO.

use some of that for our shop unless you want me to starve.

15 December 1937, according to Gibbons

A pleasant cover, but definitely one for the $1 box, I think. Sadly, the 1 Rupee isn't hard to find on airmail cover.

Agreed Tony, but this one is aesthetically pleasing. So, I'll see your $1 and raise you $1!