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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 347

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
1911 King George V Essays
½a. yellow-green (1907 issue) and 2r. rose-red and yellow-brown King Edward VII values overprinted "service" and handstamped "cancelled" Type 25, used as essays for the forthcoming King George V issue and affixed to De La Rue "Appendix" piece (122x181mm.) dated "5th January 1911", the ½a. marked "When printed the word "Service" is to fall where the word "Cancelled" now is. See J S D 17/21" and with the 2r. marked "do". A unique duo ex the De La Rue archives. Photo

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