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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 372

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
1r. grey Type II, handstamped "specimen" in block letters (18½x4mm.) vertically in a type unknown to Samuel at the time of the publication of his 1878 monogram, large part original gum

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Estimate
£60 to £80

Starting price
£50