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

Head die IIIA

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

Backstamped by a Verona transit cds's for OC

- P245000025

Some separation (sensibly reinforced) and minor marginal thinning

INDIA 1865 SG54, 58, 61 Specimen ½a,1a, 2a Samuel type 8 digital-edition Head die IIIA1865 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