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Auction: 166 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 758

India mint and used collection, cleanly mounted on printed pages contained in one album, featuring the classic period mainly used to 1888, including 1852 Scinde Dawk ½a White apparently uncancelled with paper adherences on back, 1854 ½a Blue with all shades from Die I to Die III, following the same pattern for the 1a value from Die I to Die III, 1865 issue also with few mint examples, 1866 6a fiscals used, from 1882 in mint condition, 1895 high denominations and some duplicates, the latter used, 1902-11 issue with all denominations except the 15r, 1911-22 issue including 10r to 25r, 1926-33 with 25r missing and high denominations also represented with inverted wmk, exceptionally containing one rare cover to show the 1935 3½a "bird on parapet" variety (S.G. #245a), 1937-40 complete set, additionally enriched with some multiples and gutter pairs, then officials with S.G. #O16 used, onwards mint including 1909 set of rupees values, 1912-13 15r, China Expeditionary Force with 1914-22 set, two 1906-22 incomplete booklets, an interesting selection of unused vignettes of pigeon-, rocket-, and air mails, some of them signed by Stephen H. Smith, generally very fine; viewing recommended.

Sold for
$3,000