1930 (Aug.- Dec.): Sri Pashupati Redrawn Issue perf. 13 ½, Recess Perkins Bacon & Co, London, type B 1 r. vermilion on ungummed cream wove paper, irregular part sheet of 45 stamps of upper part sheet with full margins at left and small parts on top, further 5 r. black and red-brown in horizontal strip of seven with compl. sheet margin on top together with horizontal multiple of 14 of top right corner sheet, with Peter Holcombes note: "These were the largest pieces known of the 1 Rupee vermilion and the 5 Rupee". Minor imperfections, but two scarce multiples Gi. = £ 1'536. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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1935 (Aug.- Dec.): Sri Pashupati Redrawn Issue perf. 13 ½, Recess Perkins Bacon & Co, London, type C, the complete set of six values unused, printed on ungummed wove paper, comprising 2 p. brown, 4 p. green, 16 p. purple, 24 p. orange and 32 p. blue, those in unused part sheets of 96 stamps as well as the rare 8 p. scarlet in a part sheet of 30 stamps, all with minor imperfections. Ex The Perkins Bacon Archive formerly offered at Robson Lowe Dec. 1996 Gi. = £ 4'860. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image 4)(Image 5)(Image 6)(Image)
