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Auction: 25032 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia featuring the 'Imperial' Collection of Indian Telegraphs and Revenues
Lot: 3342

(x) India
The 1854-55 Lithographed Issues
Covers and Cancellations


Second Printing – Head Die II, Frame Die I
1855 (2 July) envelope from Umballa to London, headed ”Overland via Bombay & Southampton”, bearing ½a. Die II pair (outer frame-line touched), 1a. Die I (cut into) and 4a. vertical pair (good to large margins on three sides, upper stamp touched at left), all cancelled with diamond of dots, showing red crayon ”1/1”, red framed ”india paid” and London Paid arrival c.d.s. (21.8); the envelope with flap missing and some other lesser faults. One of the few covers known with the three different 1854 lithographed stamps. Photo

provenance:
Ameer of Bahawalpur, Stanley Gibbons Auctions, February 1969

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£5,000 to £6,000