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India

17th Auction March 2011 - Auction | Lot: 65

Starting Price: 100.000 € | Hammer Price: 140.000 €

Prices excluding buyers premium and taxes.

 

1854, India's most famous stamp - The 1854 4 anna blue & pale red Head I (position 1) Frame I (position 12) with major error "Head Inverted" (SG 18a), Williams "Rare & Famous Stamps, Vol.2", example H, cut to shape with clear to good margins all around, horiz bend and and a trace of thinning at foot (mentioned for accuray) cancelled with a fine strike of the rare "Hollow Diamond of Dots" in red. The Hollow Diamond of Dots is generally associated with usage in the Straits Settlements. This example is arguably the rarest copy of the famous "Head Inverted" - a Classic Indian Rarity. BPA certificate.

 

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