Lot 20152 – EXTREMELY RARE USAGE WITH INDIA CANCEL: 1859 Dardenne 2d blue, horizontal pair with clear octagonal “B102” of Kedgeree, India

EXTREMELY RARE USAGE WITH INDIA CANCEL

2d blue, horizontal pair, positions 45-46, very large margin to huge margins with portions of adjoining stamps at top, each cancelled with clear octagonal “B102” of Kedgeree, India, tiny thin and ms pen-strokes removed, still an attractive showpiece

Note: A very rare usage with an Indian cancel, it is also known on the Britannia issue

Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein, September 1969 (Lot 180)

Hiroyuki Kanai, November 1993 (Lot 253)

Expertise: Cert. David Brandon (2007)