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Outer 1929 Cupar (Fife, Scotland) to Secundarabad India with KGV 6d/1d/½d postage rate and CUPAR CDS 11-AP-29, and backstamped by Secundarabad CDS dated 25-AP-1929. As can be seen from the accompanying info, flights from London to Karachi had only just opened up, so the additional days to get to Secundarabad shows the difficulties in getting postage out to southern India. Nice piece!
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One Penny pink embossed silk thread envelope from Crieff to Edinburgh, with 4-5-4 barred numeral "84" of Crieff, Crieff CDS on back dated JU-15-1856, and Edinburgh arrival stamp dated JN-16-1856 in red. Brightmore's "Postal Stationery of Great Britain" lists this one as No. 3 issued 1850, as it contains the pink seal device on back flap Very nice item
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1842 letter to the East India Company enquiring of the whereabout of a soldier, Patrick Cassidy. The applicant filled in a pre-printed questionnaire. Notes on the questionnaire indicate that the soldier had died 8 years previous, and that the wages of the deceased had already been paid out to Mary Daly nee Cassidy. A wonderful and valuable piece of history