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Auction: 9011 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 284

India 1856-64 no watermark, 1a. brown interpanneau block of forty with part sheet value inscriptions in margin, variety imperforate, unused without gum; the usual slight toning associated with multiples of this magnitude which is ex the sheet discovered in the De La Rue archives. A very rare and spectacular block. Holcombe Certificate (1998). S.G. 39b, £15,000+. Photo Estimate £ 3,500-4,000

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