Rare Indian Stamp Sold For £750
LONPON, May 27. An Tndinn stmnp --oue 'of the world 's rarest — was sold at auetion to an Ameriean, Mr. H. C. fPl.son, ' for £750. Tn 1045 it fetelied £450. Tt was a four auna stamp of 1S54, showing Queen Vi«-toria's head inverted, and was a prizo ;>ie''e among over 000 stamps belonjnig to the late Mr. O. TI. Desai. a wealth"'* Tlombav banker. The collection. tlred at £20,000 six months ago, fet'-hed £15 .328. The an.'tiouecr, ?>Ir. Robson T.owe said thaf - i i; the collo' tion was valued world priees liad droppcd considerablv. The collection consisted chieflv of only four tvpes of early Tndian stamps — h.alf anna. oue. two and four anna, with all their known die and cancellation mai'ks. Tt took 05 vears of world wide search to build up.
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 May 1949, Page 8
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138Rare Indian Stamp Sold For £750 Chronicle (Levin), 31 May 1949, Page 8
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