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Auction: 14037 - Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area, The Alan Parsons Collection
Lot: 2111

The Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf Area
The Postal Agencies
Arabia
Guadur
The Pakistan Administration
Stamps of Pakistan with handstamped overprints of Muscat, although not sold at this office, were nevertheless valid for postage. Guadur remained a dependency of Muscat until September 1958
1949 (27 Jan.) 1½a. brown-purple envelope overprinted "Pakistan" by machine printing at Quetta, uprated with 1947 2a. red and 1949 2a. red, each neatly cancelled by double-ring datestamp. Very rare, being the first example recorded of Quetta overprinted stationery used at Guadur. Photo

Sold for
HK$28,000