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Auction: 26026 - Classic India – the 1854 Issues
Lot: 12

(x) India
1854-55 Lithographed Issues
One Anna
Die III - Stone E
1a. red unused lower right corner block of nine, [78-0/86-88/94-96], very fine. An exceptional multiple and one of the great pieces of Indian philately. B.P.A. Certificate (2026). S.G. 15

literature:

Illustrated in "The One Anna & Two Annas Postage Stamps of India" by L.E. Dawson, Plate IV


provenance:

Sotheby's auction, September 1984, Lot 617

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

Estimate
£30,000 to £40,000

Starting price
£24000