Lot 50911 – 1890 (Dec) Reprinted « die proof » from the 1854 engraved copper plate by Maniruddin for the 1a value in a row of 8 impressions

1890 (Dec) Reprinted « die proof » from the 1854 engraved copper plate by Maniruddin for the 1a value in a row of 8 impressions (from which number ‘2’ was used to provide transfers for the 1854-55 1a stones), in black on white parchment paper (205 x 62mm), showing the final 1855 state (‘c’) with pos. 2 re-engraved as ‘die III’, and pos. 8 also now with pointed bust, odd trivial marks (pencil annotations on reverse) but fine and rare (Spence 46)