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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 338

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
Official Stamps
1874-82 "On H. M./S." Issue
1a. brown vertical pair, the upper stamp handstamped "specimen"Type 13 and the lower stamp handstamped "cancelled" Type 10, fresh mint with the lower stamp remaining unmounted. A very rare and highly unusual se-tenant pair from a sheet of the Colour Standard stamps. Photo

Note: There were two panes of eighty (8x10). On each pane, the top six rows were overprinted Specimen whilst the remaining four rows were overprinted Cancelled. Consequently, sixteen vertical pairs from the two panes comprising the sixth and seventh rows of each pane exist with Specimen and Cancelled handstamps se-tenant<

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