INDIA 1865 SG54, 58, 61 Specimen ½a,1a, 2a Samuel type 8 digital-edition 1902 5d Slate purple &

1902 5d Slate purple & ultramarine (O)

Faint bend and typical tiny traces of backing adhesion but far above average

Backstamped by a Verona transit cds's for OC

inclg variety

) ¬Ωd with short corner perf and 3d

INDIA 1865 SG54, 58, 61 Specimen ½a,1a, 2a Samuel type 8 digital-edition 1902 5d Slate purple &1865 a blue, 1a brown, 2a yellow, wmk Elephant's head, each with small DLR sans serif "SPECIMEN" opt (Samuel type 8 14x2mm), part o. g. (except a without gum). A rare type of opt, which saw only sporadic use c. 1856 87, recorded by Samuel on just four values of the 1865 set (the other being the 8p), with no example offered by us in the past 20 years. The a and 2a with trivial corner blemishes, still most attractive and desirable, with very fresh