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Auction: 25032 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia featuring the 'Imperial' Collection of Indian Telegraphs and Revenues
Lot: 3439

India
Portuguese India
1857 (8 Jan.) native letter from Damaun to Bombay bearing 1854 ½a. blue Die I with margins all round, tied by barred '13' cancel and showing "damaun/Paid" boxed handstamp in violet (Giles 1) with manuscript "8-1-57". Some usual faults including ageing and creasing not detracting from the importance of this very rare cover. Damaun was the only British post office in the Portuguese territories within India. S.G. 2. Photo

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,500