Auction: 24017 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia
Lot: 243
(x) Indian Feudatory States
Hyderabad
The Koichi Sato Gold Medal Collection
1871-1909 Issue
Plate Proofs
'Fancy Printing' selection (22) neatly arranged on two exhibition pages comprising on blue vertically laid paper (13) including ½a. orange-rose (6) with two singles and a block of four (the only one known), 1a. dark greyish-purple (2), 2a. green (2), 3a. ochre-brown (2), 8a. olive-brown (one of the very few known); on white wove paper (9) ½a. in various colours including a used in deep bluish grey (the only one known). Slightly mixed condition though an exciting lot for the expert of the area.
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Sold for
£350
Starting price
£350