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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 1832

India Revenue Stamps Postal Service — "Appendix C" sheet marked "Ten specimen Stamps of "Postage" size underprinted in different colours to show how duties might be distinguished" and bearing ten 1r.4a. labels in various colours. A unique document Estimate £ 800-1,000Note: These fascinating stamps, offered in the above two lots, were produced by De La Rue after the India Office sought information concerning the Continental system of payment of parcel postage and money order commission by means of stamps. See "The Philatelist", November 1977

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