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Auction: 26026 - Classic India – the 1854 Issues
Lot: 30

(x) India
1854-55 Lithographed Issues
Covers
1856 entire from Calcutta to Bordeaux, marked "p Str Nubia", bearing 4a. blue and rose-red 5th printing Head Die III, Frame Die II horizontal pair [19-20] with close (left) to large margins, both strongly retouched, tied by light obliterator, rate "1/-" in red and "90" (decimes), showing framed "india paid" in red, light French maritime c.d.s. and, on reverse, despatch, Paris, Paris-Bordeaux and arrival datestamps. A lovely clean and most attractive franking. S.G. 25

provenance:

L.E. Dawson, Robson Lowe, November 1966, Lot 388

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

Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£3200