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Auction: 11029 - Summer Collector's Series sale
Lot: 491

x India De La Rue Issues 1866 6a. Purple Fiscal Stamp Overprinted "postage" Covers Entire (year date unclear) from Calcutta "Per Express Via Bombay & Marseilles" to Liverpool, bearing tall "postage" 6a. showing top guillotining line virtually intact, placed sideways and in combination with 8p. purple and 8a. carmine pair, all cancelled with circular sender´s cachet and "B/1" in blue, the reverse with "calcutta/india paid" c.d.s.; most attractive. Photo Estimate £ 300-350

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