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**Item Description:**Up for sale is a wonderful piece of turn-of-the-century British colonial postal history. This is a commercial mail envelope cut square piece sent from British India to London, England, featuring a desirable dual-stamp combination.**Key Historical Details:**
* **Combination Franking:** Features a Queen Victoria 1/2 Anna green adhesive postage stamp alongside a 1/2 Anna green embossed postal stationery indicia, combined to pay the 1 Anna rate.
* **Postal Markings:** Struck with two very clean, crisp circular date stamps from the \"CHINA BAZAR\" post office in Calcutta, clearly dated \"20 DE. 00\" (December 20, 1900).
* **Destination:** Addressed to the historic commercial firm: \"Messrs Walker & Burgess, Wholesale Druggists, Hatton Garden, London E.C.\"**Condition Report:**
This is a cleanly saved cut square/front piece. The stamps are intact, bright in color, and have excellent eye appeal. The cancellations are remarkably clear, and the handwritten ink address remains dark and fully legible. Please review the high-resolution photo provided to confirm exact condition details.**Shipping:**
Will be carefully packed in a protective archival sleeve and shipped securely inside a rigid cardboard mailer via tracked post.
