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Auction: 1026 - British Empire Stamps & Covers from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 274

India 1854 Issue Four Annas, Third Printing, Head Die III, Frame Die I Bright blue and bright red vertical pair, [5/9], each neatly cancelled with diamond of dots and with trace of red c.d.s. at centre, [9] with the usual pre-printing crease at centre. A fine and most attractive example of this rare printing. B.P.A. Certificate (1993). S.G. 21, £4,500. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance: Christie´s Robson Lowe, March 1993

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