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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 363

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
Telegraph Stamps
1869-78 "Double Head" Issue
2a., 4a., 1r. Type II, 2r.8a. Type I, 10r. Type I, 14r.4a., 25r. Type I, 25r.8a. and 50r. Type I, each handstamped "specimen" Types T2 (2a. to 2r.8a.), T3 (10r., 25r. and 50r.) and T4 (14r.4a. and 28r.8a.) vertically , unused without gum; a few small imperfections with the 50r. soiled though a very rare set with Samuel commenting that these stamps together form a set current in about 1869 , with the exception of the missing 5r.

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