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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 605

(x) India
1855-1983 collection mounted and written-up in six Viking springback albums, Vol. I including 1855-65 selection, 1866 large "postage" 6a. (3) and small "postage" 6a., 1866 6a.8p. and 1876 6a. both handstamped "specimen", 1868 8a. on cover, 1882-90 five values handstamped "specimen", ½a. (thinned) and 2a. (toned) both with double impression, unused and mint respectively, 1895 trio used, KEVII set to 25r. used, eleven values to 1r. handstamped "cancelled" and 4a. imperforate plate proof pair in black, 1911-23 set mint, 1924 Everest Expedition cards (3, two used at Rongbuk Glacier), 1921 9p. "nine nine" and "pies pies" varieties in strips with normals, 1925 Delhi essays with 2a. (29 with proof block of four in black and purple-brown block of sixteen) and 1r. (13 with a block of four and two pairs), Official with 1866-72 no watermark ½a. (not guaranteed) and 8a., 1866 "service/two annas", "service/postage" 2a. (not guaranteed) and "service postage" ½a. (4) used, 1867 unissued 6a.8p. mint, 1912-23 set mint and a range of later issues; Vol II with 1926-33 set mint, 1929 Air 8a. missing tree top in pair with normal, mint, and a selection of WWII censored covers; Vol III with a range of modern issues, Vol IV devoted to a range of Q.V. cancellations on mostly local covers and loose stamps; Vol V with Telegraph stamps, Postal Service and IPN issues, Revenue stamps, labels and Postal Stationery, and Vol VI being Used Abroad and overprinted stamps with Aden, Burma, Persian Gulf, Pakistan, Straits Settlements and Zanzibar

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Sold for
£4,200

Starting price
£2400