£1,000 - £1,500
India reprint SG 17/21 complete sheet Spence 62
1894 4a reprint in brown-red and dark blue, wide spacing with wavy lines and rosettes reproducing the format of the 1854-55 first three printings and with full marginal inscriptions, but frame die II (with inner circle retouched) and using the essay head, COMPLETE SHEET OF TWELVE (4x3) with 'FACSIMILE COPY - 1894' at foot, on yellowish paper with WMK ARMS OF GREAT BRITAIN. Central vertical fold (and another in right margin), still exceptional condition. A very rare and spectacular item, with only ten sheets said to have been printed on this watermarked paper. Spence 62.
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