Lot 40968 – GANDHI 10 RUPEE SERVICE UNMOUNTED MINT 1948 Mah
Lot 40968 – GANDHI 10 RUPEE SERVICE UNMOUNTED MINT
1948 Mah
Lot 40968 – GANDHI 10 RUPEE SERVICE UNMOUNTED MINT 1948 Mah
India
Price realised
140’000 EUR
Estimate
120’000 – 140’000 EUR
Auction date
Wed 25 Sep 2013 at 13:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
GANDHI 10 RUPEE SERVICE UNMOUNTED MINT
1948 Mahatma Gandhi 10R Official with “SERVICE” overprint unmounted mint lower marginal, one of the only two unmounted mint examples known by us, the other which we sold in 2011 for €144’000.
Only 11 examples recorded in total. A superb example of this great modern rarity, now clearly established as one of the most valuable modern single stamps in the world (SG £160’000)
Expertise: Cert. BPA (2011) and RPS (1988)
Estimate: € 120’000 – € 140’000 Catalogue ref: O150d
Auction
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