INDIA 1857 SGT3 Proof in black for the 4r Electric Telegraph issue

Stock Code: P212017011

Telegraph. 1857 (April 29) die proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm) for the 1860 4r Electric Telegraph, dated in pencil at lower right. Trivial edge burnishing mentioned for accuracy, nevertheless a unique and beautiful item of the highest importance, being the only full size die proof of any of the three values in private hands. [A set of all three values exists in the British Library, but they are overprinted SPECIMEN. The printing plates were registered at Somerset House on 17/9/1857.]

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