INDIA 1865 SG54, 58, 61 Specimen ½a,1a, 2a Samuel type 8 digital-edition - P201013656

- P201013656

a large well-balanced example neatly cancelled by part 'A15' which leaves portrait largely clear

Head die IIIA

Some separation (sensibly reinforced) and minor marginal thinning

1902 5d Slate purple & ultramarine (O)

INDIA 1865 SG54, 58, 61 Specimen ½a,1a, 2a Samuel type 8 digital-edition - P2010136561865 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