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Auction: 25032 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia featuring the 'Imperial' Collection of Indian Telegraphs and Revenues
Lot: 3094

(x) India
Postal Service
Appendix sheet "A" from the De La Rue record book, bearing Belgian 1f. to 1000f. value labels, provided by the Belgian Minister of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs to the British India Office for reference for the creation of India postal service revenues, each cancelled "specimen" in manuscript. Photo.

Note: In 1885, the India Office investigated options for adopting the continental system of using stamps for the payment of parcel postage and money orders. Using specimens provided by the Belgian Minister of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs as reference, essays were produced by De La Rue for an overprint on the existing postage stamp issues of India, providing space for the date of payment and the signature of the receiving officer. See "The Philatelist", November 1977, p. 51.

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Estimate
£600 to £650