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Auction: 26026 - Classic India – the 1854 Issues
Lot: 5

(x) India
1854-55 Lithographed Issues
Half Anna
Die I - Stone A
½a. blue, variety doubly printed with inverted impression on reverse showing corner ornament [1], neatly cancelled with diamond of dots, fine. A great rarity. Holcombe (1998) and B.P.A (2026) Certificates. S.G. 2a, £48,000

Note: This stamp was discovered in 1931 and offered in the H.R. Harmer 11 January sale when it realised £26. It was offered again in the H.R. Harmer 12 October 1954 sale realising £230.


provenance:

"Rajah", Harmers, May 1988, Lot 273

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

Estimate
£20,000 to £25,000

Starting price
£16000