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Auction: 25032 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia featuring the 'Imperial' Collection of Indian Telegraphs and Revenues
Lot: 3242

(x) India
1852 (1 July) Scinde Dawks
Half Anna Scarlet
½a. scarlet used on fragment, then affixed to small piece, neatly cancelled by diamond of dots; superb, near perfect impression almost entirely devoid of the faults that one comes to expect with this issue with only one or two very minor chips mentioned for the sake of total accuracy. One of the finest examples known to us and a major rarity in this exemplary condition. B.P.A. Certificates (1948 and 2015). S.G. S3, £35,000. Photo

provenance:
Jewels of India, Spink 12 June, 2022

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Estimate
£18,000 to £20,000