https://www.balkanphila.com Postal history, stamps, archives, postcards, ephemera, books Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:02:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.balkanphila.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png https://www.balkanphila.com 32 32 https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1916-india-egypt-ief-132-censored-to-hull/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:35:17 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=99424 India – Egypt: 1916 On Active Service postcard titled ‘Femme Turquie avec esclave’ to Hull struck by FPO datestamp and red PASSED BY CENSOR / INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 132 E hand cachet used in Egypt at that time.

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]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1905-india-sea-post-office-postage-due-to-brighton/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:55:40 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=98736 India: 1905 postcard from Shahjahanpur to Brighton titled ‘Cotton Cart’ struck by Sea Post Office datestamp. “T” postage due and 1d. F.B.E. hand stamps.

]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1942-india-registered-fpo101-iraq-to-fpo109-persia/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:48:29 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=95985 India – Iran: 1942 (4 July). Registered On Active Service cover to Indian F.P.O. 109 which located at Um Qasr, Iraq at that time franked with 3a. tied by F.P.O. 101 datestamp where located at Abadan, Persia. Additional two 3ps. tied by 7 July arrival cds’s.

]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1907-german-levant-istanbul-to-bank-of-bengal-baruipur/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:27:03 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=90402 German Levant: 1907 Galata, Constantinople postcard to Bank of Bengal Baruipur, India franked with 20pa Turkish currency surcharged 10pf. German stamp tied by Constantinopel datestamp, Alexandria & Suez transit and Patna arrival cds’s.

]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1910-india-afzal-gunj-to-besiktas-turkey/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:22:33 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=90400 Hyderabad – India: 1910 cover to Istanbul, Turkey franked with 2a6p tied by Uzfal Ganj datestamp. Reverse Stamboul, Besiktash and BPO Constantinople arrival cds’s.

]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/1937-hyderabad-aurangabad-nizam-silver-jubilee-grand-hotel-to-usa/ Mon, 05 May 2025 06:40:25 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=88874 Hyderabad – India: 1937 (8 March). Grand Hotel imprinted cover to United States franked with complete set of H.E.H. The Nizam’s Silver Jubilee issue and 1/2a. and three 1a. KGV tied by Aurangabad datestamps. Sg. 49/52

]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/india-9ps-gandhi-1944-picture-stationery-card/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:20:49 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=88197 India: Unused 9ps Gandhi (1944) picture stationery card

]]> https://www.balkanphila.com/shop/india-9ps-gandhi-1942-picture-stationery-card/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:17:50 +0000 https://www.balkanphila.com/?post_type=product&p=88196 India: Unused 9ps Gandhi (1942) picture stationery card

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