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Auction: 1026 - British Empire Stamps & Covers from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 269

India 1854 Issue Four Annas, Second Printing, Head Die II, Frame Die I Blue and red, [10], unused, an exceptionally large example with wavy lines on three sides, watermark inverted and reversed, fresh bright colours; traces of staining removed at top and with vertical crease at right, neither of which affect the appearance of this lovely stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (1993). S.G. 19. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance: Christie´s Robson Lowe, March 1993

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£8,000