b'86598C POSTAL HISTORY: 1833 (Nov. 25) entire letter addressed to \'To the Lord Bishop of Norwich\' re-addressed to Hereford St. London, superb (Crown) Free datestamp in red, on reverse BUNGAY postal handstamp and Norwich datestamp. The letter is from Frances Sarah Barlee and is a dispute over ownership/use of a pew in her Parish Church. Frances was estranged from her husband Charles with whom she had numerous disputes and ongoing conflicts. She was imprisoned in Ipswich Gaol for refusing to return to her husband. Accompanied by full typed transcript of the letter, the penultimate sentence of which reads "My Lord - this parish is worse than Sodom & Gomorra and the Church has been made a Den of Thieves". A fascinating window into the past$200300599599C POSTAL HISTORY: 1861 (Oct. 2) entire letter to Moulins, France franked with 1858 2d blue Plate 9 strip of 6, tied by six strikes of BN \'75\' of Birmingham, appropriate transit and arrival datestamps on reverse. Rare multiple franking paying triple rate - underounce.$8001,000India600O 1903 CORONATION DURBAR: nineteen QV issues to 5R and three KEVII to 1a tied by \'CORONATION-DURBAR/DELHI/1JA03/12-NOON/CENTRAL-HEAD-OFFICE\' commemorative datestamps to two presentation pages, vendor\'s identification labels adjacent to stamps, strong original colours. (22 stamps) .$200300601 603601Feb 1925 real photo postcard of the the aeroplane, with illustrated circular violet "CALCUTTARISALPUR DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT/ CALCUTTA/ 1925" cachet; 1a KGV with RISALPUR cds of 2 Feb; and NOWSHERA arrival cds of 3 Feb; also with signature of the pilot (Flight Lt Graham). Very RARE; the only flown postcard from this flight we have seen. $300400602C FLIGHT COVERS: 1933-38 group comprising 1933 (Jul.7) Karachi-Calcutta & (Jul.11) Calcutta-Karachi; 1937 (Nov.8) Delhi-Bombay and (Nov.10) Bombay-Delhi [2]; 1938 Flying Boat \'Coogee\' first survey flights (Feb.22) Udaipur-Gwalior, (Feb.28) Calcutta-Gwalior & (Mar.2) Gwalior-Athens; 1938 (Feb.28) Calcutta-Udaipur and (Mar.2) Gwalior-Southampton first flights, plus (Feb.22) Gwalior-Allahabad and (Mar.2) Gwalior-Udaipur both with \'GWALIOR\' overprinted adhesives; 1938 First Regular Air Mail (Feb.27) Ceylon-India and (Mar.1) India-Ceylon, plus 1938 (Jul.29) India-Australia endorsed "First Flight at Flat Rate"; generally fine (15) $300400'