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Auction: 1026 - British Empire Stamps & Covers from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 280

India 1854 Issue Four Annas, Fifth Printing, Head Die III, Frame Die II, Wide Spacing Deep blue and red vertical pair with large to very large margins, each clearly cancelled "C/10" and tied on 1858 (1 Mar.) envelope from Bangalore "via Bombay & Marseilles" to London, showing crescent-framed "india paid" and London Paid c.d.s. (3.4), both in red on face, the reverse with indistinct despatch c.d.s., framed "india paid" in red and Bombay transit c.d.s.; the pair with minor ageing in places though an outstanding and extremely rare pair on cover. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). S.G. 26. Photo Estimate £ 3,500-4,000 Note: From the family collection of the Rt. Hon. The Lord Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC. provenance: Sotheby´s, April 1985

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£14,000