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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1004

IH, margins all round, used together with 1d. ´stars´ and 1855-57 6d., on small clean envelope (with original enclosure) to the Indian Peninsular Railway Office in Bombay tied by very fine strikes of the London E.C. duplex for 18 April 1860. An extraordinarily rare franking and the finer of the only two known examples. A wonderfully colourful and attractive exhibition showpiece. Photo Estimate £ 2,500-3,000

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£1,800