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INDIA - RARE RED LONDON HS "3" ON UNSEALED PRINTED CIRCULAR TO BOMBAY "VIA MARSEILLES"; 26 Jan. 1857 unsealed EL (printed "FORBES, FORBES & Co." commodities circular) prepaid from London at the scarce 3d rate in cash with mainly very fine rare red hs "3" on the front matching the "LONDON/PAID" cds alongside. Pre-1860 Printed Matter rate covers to India are seldom seen. Exhibition Quality. [Ex AE retail, Apr. 2007; £250.] [Illustrated in BPPP, p.276.] Cross Reference: INDIA, PRINTED MATTER, UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS
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