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Auction: 23023 - The Lionheart Collection of Great Britain and British Empire Part XVII
Lot: 1161

(x) India
Feudatory States
Jaipur
1941 Investiture of Maharaja, set of twelve to 5r. black and purple, overprinted sun and 'investiture/ march 14 1931' in red; eighteen of these sets were overprinted for presentation purposes and gifted to dignitaries, some paper adhesion on the reverse where these stamps were removed from presentation pages, otherwise fine, fresh and with large part original gum. A very rare set. Sismondo Certificate (2017). S.G. footnote after S.G. 51, £13,000

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Sold for
£21,000

Starting price
£6000