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Auction: 17010 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The Robert Van Buren Emmons FRPSL, Collection of British Empire Classics
Lot: 1405

India
The Property of a European Gentleman
1854 Issue
Four Annas, Used Abroad, Persian Expeditionary Force
1857 (26 Feb.) mourning envelope "via Southampton" to London and redirected on both face and reverse to Kingsland, bearing 4a. blue and red 4th. Printing, cut-to-shape, cancelled and tied by fine "131" in diamond of bars with legible "field force/persia/pd" datestamp alongside, also showing framed "india paid", London Paid c.d.s. (20.4), with a further London datestamp at upper left for the same date and, on reverse, Bombay (16.3) and London (20.4) datestamps, and "leadenhall st." handstamp; small tear at top clear of the adhesive. A rare franking from this campaign. Vachat Certificate (2009). Photo

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£18,000