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**VINTAGE BRITISH INDIA & CEYLON (SRI LANKA) REAL PHOTO POSTCARD (RPPC) LOT**
**TOTAL COUNT:** 55 Original Antique PostcardsUp for sale is a phenomenal, fresh-to-market estate collection of 55 vintage postcards focusing primarily on British colonial-era India and Ceylon (modern Sri Lanka), dating from the early 1900s through the 1920s.Nearly the entire lot consists of highly detailed Real Photo Postcards (RPPCs), capturing rare architectural, ethnographic, and historical moments.**HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:**
* **Rare Historical Sites:** Features the highly collectible "Massacre Ghat, Cawnpore" (1857 Uprising significance), Delhi Telegraph Memorial, and Historic Cashmere Gate.
* **Ethnographic & Social History:** Outstanding candid captures including "Dancing Girls, Jaipur" (Studio stamped: Mahadeo Singh), "Wood Cutter" frame-saw operations, "Hill Dandi" transport, and a rare "Matunga Bombay" village scene.
* **Regional Overviews:** Great geographic diversity covering Delhi, Calcutta, Jaipur, Udaipur, Agra, Lahore, Simla, Madras, Vizag, and Mhow military cantonment.
* **Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Subset:** Includes beautiful views of Colombo (Gaffoor Building, Cinnamon Gardens Mosque), Victoria Park, and an early view of the Ruwanwela Dagoba in Anuradhapura.
* **Postal History Context:** Includes a crisp 1921 Colombo postmark with an intact 6-cent King George V Ceylon stamp.**CONDITION & STORAGE:
Postcard in this 55-card lot comes individually housed in a flexible protective archival sleeve. The cards show normal vintage wear consistent with age, including corner wear, toning, and light album marks. Photographic clarity across the RPPCs is excellent. Please review all gallery photos to assess the exact condition of the lot. A few of the postcards are used.
