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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 342

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
1883-99 "On H. M./S." Issue
½a., 1a. and 2a., each handstamped "specimen." Type 15 although the 2a. does not show a full stop after "specimen" and is in a solid black ink compared with the other two values in which the ink is somewhat watery, part original gum

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