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Auction: 8032 - Stamps & Covers of Asia
Lot: 592

India 1907 (19 Aug.) envelope (opened-out and small part of reverse reduced) to England, bearing Persia 1903-04 1ch. in combination with 1906 type-set imperf. 1ch. carmine pair twice cancelled with good strikes of the "kuh.malek.siah.ziaret" intaglio seal h.s. in black and showing, on reverse, legible "koh-i-malik-siah-ziaret-indian p.o." c.d.s.; the pair with a few stains though a scarce franking. Photo Estimate £ 200-250 Note: In 1903 India was appointed to arbitrate on border disputes between Afghanistan and Persia, and an Arbitration Commission was set up with headquarters at Bundi Siestan in Persia.

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£240