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Auction: 11029 - Summer Collector's Series sale
Lot: 297

India 1854-1952 unused/mint collection in an album, including 1854 1/2a. Dies I and II, 1a. Dies I and II, 2a. and a selection of essays/proofs/reprints (17), 1856-64 1/2a. (2), 1a. (2), 2a. (4), 4a. black (2), 4a. green and 8a., 1865 small group to 4a., 1866 West India essays block of four in carmine, later QV to 5r., KEVII set to 25r. (crease) with a few shades, KGV with both sets to 25r. and 1907 Lady Minto´s Fete 1r. block of four, 1925 Delhi essays (12), 1926-33 1/2a. and 1a. blocks of six with misplaced perfs. and 2a. block of four containing variety stop under "s", 1929 Air 3a. with variety "q" for "o" in "postage" and 8a. varieties missing tree top and reversed serif, 1931 Delhi 1/4a. with "f" for "p" in "purana", 1935 Jubilee 3 1/2a. with bird flaw, George VI with 1937-40 and 1948 Gandhi sets, 1949 set and a couple of later issue varieties; some of the earlier issues with faults in places though the later issues generally good to fine. Also 1854 Issue Essays, Proofs and Reprints" by Spence Estimate £ 1,800-2,000

Sold for
£5,500