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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 255

India
The remarkable collection formed by Marcus Samuel, FRPSL. Type numbers quoted are taken from "Specimen Stamps of British India" by Marcus Samuel, published by the India Study Circle in 1978
1856-64 No Watermark Issue
½a. pale blue, 1a. brown, 2a. yellow-buff, 4a. grey-black and 8a. pale carmine, each handstamped "specimen" Type 4, part original gum, all but the 2a. with one or two sides of perfs. trimmed away; the 2a. defective at lower left and 8a. with a diagonal crease, nevertheless a rare group. Photo

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