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Auction: 11029 - Summer Collector's Series sale
Lot: 539

India Official Stamps 1866 Fiscal Stamps Surcharged or Overprinted "service/postage" 8a. purple, imperforate on the vertical sides with a complete line of perforations just inside the design at right, fresh rich colour and with part original gum; small surface blemish on crown, otherwise unusually fine and a most attractive example of this very rare stamp. Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1978). S.G. O18, £5,000. Photo Estimate £ 2,500-3,000

Sold for
£2,600