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Auction: 24030 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3570

(x) Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Bushire
1865 (Oct.) unstamped envelope to Bombay, showing a double strike of the "308" in diamond of bars (Type C4b) with unframed "india unpaid" and framed "bombay/Bearing 2 Annas" handstamp and a faint arrival c.d.s. (2.11). This is believed to be the earliest agency period item in the Gulf. Photo

provenance:
Alan Parsons, October 2014

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Sold for
£1,300