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Auction: 1026 - British Empire Stamps & Covers from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 267

India 1854 Issue Four Annas, First Printing, Head Die I, Frame Die I Blue and pale red horizontal pair, [7-8], huge margins all round showing traces of wavy lines on three sides and portions of rosettes between, the usual pre-printing paper fold at centre, cancelled with diamond of dots and showing large part Le Havre c.d.s. (January 1855) and small potions or two other markings; repaired in places, filled thins, etc., though of good appearance and an impressive multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 18. Photo Estimate £ 200-300 provenance: Christie´s Robson Lowe, March 1993

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