I want to buy Queen Victoria envelope-pre independence India

gowtham bj · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 18:38:50 pm

I want to buy Queen victoria envelope of pre independence India where the color of the die is brown and blue at reasonable rates.

I am interested in both mint and used.

joelk · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 22:06:28 pm

Good luck in your search...You would be hard pressed to find QV envelopes that are post-independence though :mrgreen:

Stay away from them if one of our usual suspects tries to sell them on ebay... :lol:

aranyadc · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 20:23:05 pm

joelk wrote:

Stay away from them if one of our usual suspects tries to sell them on ebay... :lol:

Can you please explain... am I missing something ??? :roll:

gowtham bj · **Posted:** Mon Jul 09, 2012 20:38:12 pm

Can anyone provide me please???

joelk · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 00:00:08 am

aranyadc wrote:

joelk wrote:

Stay away from them if one of our usual suspects tries to sell them on ebay... :lol:

Can you please explain... am I missing something ??? :roll:

What I meant was that there cannot be India QV envelopes other than pre-independence since QV died in 1901 and independence was in 1947. Sorry for taking the mickey, but I couldn't resist. :mrgreen:

aranyadc · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 00:05:22 am

Well, come to think of it, that doesnt matter. QV envelopes can still be used for the value its prepaid for, I dont know whether it was valid after independence for a short time. Or am I thinking too serious.... anyways ..........you should definitely be entitled to your laugh. :wink:

joelk · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 00:14:27 am

Thanks for being a good sport.

I didn't think of super late usage, so you may have a point there. I don't know enough about Indian philately and usage to be able to assess whether that's possible.

tonymacg · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 00:50:30 am

That Jammu & Kashmir combination cover you show in your first post won't be cheap. I might consider selling for $US4000 :lol:

gowtham bj · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 16:27:26 pm

Mr. joelk there is nothin funny in my post. I have few covers of Victoria which is used in 1948 though it might be minted in 1890's. So i mentioned about pre independence.

joelk · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 16:43:24 pm

Thank you for correcting me Gowtham bj, and my apologies for poking fun. Good luck with your search.

gowtham bj · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 16:57:08 pm

apology... lol... i jst tld the fact... any how, do you hav any envelopes of the above kind???

birder · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 20:00:25 pm

Here is a brown QV One Anna envelope used in 1952, but this is post independence..

tonymacg · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 20:04:22 pm

Surely a philatelic creation? A Faridkot cover used with British stamps from India?

gowtham bj · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 20:09:11 pm

To birder, is it fake or real???

birder · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 20:15:09 pm

Used from Britain to USA in 1952. I think the British Post office was tricked into accepting it as a UK cover. Whatever it is, it is an interesting piece.