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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 289

India
The remarkable collection formed by Marcus Samuel, FRPSL. Type numbers quoted are taken from "Specimen Stamps of British India" by Marcus Samuel, published by the India Study Circle in 1978
1865 Paper yellowish to white, watermark Elephants Head
2a. brown-orange block of twenty (4x5), each handstamped with "specimen." Type 15, large part original gum with a few remaining unmounted; the lower right-hand stamp defective, otherwise fine and a very rare multiple. Photo

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