Lot 40124 – Lot sold PT 16.08.2016 see accounts
1969-76, Ga
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Lot 40124 – Lot sold PT 16.08.2016 see accounts 1969-76, Ga
India
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
0 EUR
Auction date
Wed 8 Jun 2016 at 20:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
Lot sold PT 16.08.2016 see accounts
1969-76, Gandhi colour trials in sets for the 1969, 1974 and 1976 issues as follows:
– 1969 Birth Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi 20p set of 8 colour trials on unwatermarked and gummed paper, fine and rare
– 1969 Birth Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi 75p set of 8 colour trials on unwatermarked and gummed paper, one with small tear, fine and rare
– 1969 Birth Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi 1R set of 8 colour trials on unwatermarked and gummed paper, fine and rare
– 1969 Birth Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi 5R set of 8 colour trials on unwatermarked and gummed paper, one with perf. faults otherwise fine
– 1974 Mahatma Gandhi 25p set of 5 colour trials in olive, pale brown, deep red-brown, grey-green and maroon, on ungummed paper, fine and scarce
– 1976 Mahatma Gandhi 25p set of 5 colour trials in brown, maroon, olive-green and red-brown, ungummed paper, fine and scarce
Thought to be the only complete set of the 1969 colour trials in collectors’ hands. Auction
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