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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 256

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. blue and 4a. black, both imperforate and handstamped "specimen" Type 5, both without gum; the ½a. thinned and with a small paper fault in margin at left, the 4a. very fine. A very rare pair. Photo

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