INDIA 1857 SGT1/3 Proof in black of head used for the 1860 Electric Telegraph issue

Stock Code: P212017004

Telegraph. 1857 (Feb) stamp-size die proof in black on glazed card of the head used for the 1860 Electric telegraph issue, with uncleared oval frame and rectangular surround, sunk-mounted on piece of card (39x46mm), endorsed above "India" (in ink) and "duplicate in use" (in pencil). Unique in this form and highly important. Ex De La Rue archives and Spink 16/10/2003, lot 499. [This head was subsequently used for the Postage 1860 8p value and 1868 8a Die II.]

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INDIA 1857 SGT1/3 Proof in black of head used for the 1860 Electric Telegraph issue - $1,858.35*


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