Faint bend and typical tiny traces of backing adhesion but far above average
a large well-balanced example neatly cancelled by part 'A15' which leaves portrait largely clear
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) ¬Ωd with short corner perf and 3d
INDIA 1865 SG54, 58, 61 Specimen ½a,1a, 2a Samuel type 8 digital-edition Faint bend and typical tiny1865 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