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Auction: 22162 - Stamps and Covers of Asia - e-Auction
Lot: 1172

(x) India
1854-1900 mint and used collection, with seven 1/2a blue and five 1a red 1854-5 Victoria of various dies, six 4a red & blue with examples of head dies I, II, and III (four cut to shape), six 2a green in various shades, attractive mint 1855 4a black, 1855-64 1/2a blue to 8a rose used, missing the 2a green, a few dozen other used examples of various denominations selected for cancellation study,
useful 1865 used including several multiples, 1866 6a violet used, 1873-6 issues including 9pi and 12a mint blocks of 4, 1882-88 complete used and near-complete mint including several shades and mint multiples, 1/2a green used with inverted watermark, 1896 2r to 5r both mint and used including shades of the 2r, reference group of nine 1/2a white, blue, and red Scinde Dawk forgeries, the odd fault or dubious example among the earliest issues, overall attractive and chiefly fine.

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