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Auction: 25016 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 1180

(x) India
1854-55 Issue
Four Annas
Cover
1856 (June) envelope from Umballa "Via Bombay and Southampton" to Wotton-under-Edge bearing Third Printing, Head Die IIIA, Frame Die I (Jatia Stone "J") 4a. blue and red [6] cut to shape, tied by '259' barred numeral and boxed "india/paid" handstamp in red, the face additionally struck with London transit 05.08 d.s. and endorsed "Paid to England, June 16 1856", the reverse with Umballa, Bombay and Wotton-under-Edge d.s. A very rare stone. B.P.A. Certificate (2014). S.G. 21b. Photo.

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Estimate
£2,000 to £2,500

Starting price
£1500