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Auction: 9011 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 262

India 1854-2004 extensive and valuable collection neatly mounted and written-up in one volume; included are 1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a. white and 1/2a. blue; 1854 range with some essays and proofs including 1/2a. 9 1/2 arches and issued stamps with 1/2a. (63 with two Die II unused pairs), 1a. (42), 2a. (19) and 4a. (53 from a variety of printings, 17 cut square and three on covers); later Q.V. with mint 1856-64 values to 4a. (both) and unissued 2a. yellow-green, 1865 values to 4a. and later to 5r. with 1882-90 1/2a. and 2a. double prints and unissued 6a., the used with 1866 6a. (7); 1902-11, 1911-22 and 1926-33 sets mint, the latter with some additional values to 25r. with inverted watermark, 1923 Delhi essays (15) and 1927 Air photo essays (2), 1937-40, 1948, 1949 and 1955 mint sets and a good range there-after; Official stamps with unused/mint 1866 Fiscal "two annas" (2, one marginal), "service postage" 2a. pair, 4a. and 8a. (perf. faults), 1/2a., 1874-82 1/2a. with blue-black overprint, and a good range of later issues/sets; Forces mint with C.E.F. complete, and others. Condition variable in places though generally of good to fine appearance and a fine collection upon which to build Estimate £ 5,000-6,000

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£11,000