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Auction: 1026 - British Empire Stamps & Covers from the Vestey Collection
Lot: 282

India 1854 Issue Serrated or Pin Perforations 1/2a. indigo Die I showing perforations on the three sides, neatly cancelled "C/123" (Vellore) in blue-black and with horizontal pen stroke at centre. A fine example of this rarity. B.P.A. Certificate (1993). S.G. 27, £5,000. Photo Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 provenance: Christie´s Robson Lowe, March 1994

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£12,000