Bidspirit auction | India * 1914 – Ceres.

India * 1914 – Ceres. OM29, 3 réis, violet on chamois cardboard, stars II/II, circulated from Mormugão-Porto (05.04.15) to Rovigno / Italy, transiting through Belgaum where it was censored, with additional Ceres-type stamps of 1 real, sepia, stars II/I and 6 réis, light brown, stars II/II, both on chalky paper, perforated 15x14, MF254b and 262, totaling 10 réis, to pay the rate for a simple postcard abroad. Stamps without damages or repairs, with good color, obliterated with a dated circular stamp, struck in black “CORREIO / MORMUGÃO – PORTO”. Postal stationery postmarked with two linear stamps struck in violet, from the Belgaum censorship “PASSED FOR TRANSMISSION” / CENSOR GELGAUM”. MB and R.