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Auction: 25032 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia featuring the 'Imperial' Collection of Indian Telegraphs and Revenues
Lot: 3264

(x) India
The 1854-55 Lithographed Issues
Half Anna
Die I
½a. blue horizontal pair [3-4] with part papermaker’s watermark, variety doubly printed, used with diamond of dots cancellations, right stamp with vertical crease, otherwise fine. A great rarity and unique multiple. B.P.A. Certificate (1993). S.G. 2a, £96,000. Photo

provenance:
K.H. Cama

literature:
“The Half-Anna Lithographed Stamps of India” by Smythies and Martin, page 35

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Estimate
£25,000 to £30,000