INDIA 1854 SG12/var Used 1a red die I 'B' stone vertical pair and single with retouch ex Dawson

1854 (1 Oct)-55 1a red, Die I 'B' stone, a vertical pair (pos. 84/92) together with single (pos. 91) from the same sheet, lightly cancelled by diamonds of fine dots, pos. 92 with a wonderful retouch, the fifth to eighth arches at right crudely redrawn. Ex Dawson (Robson Lowe 9/11/1966, lot 189), with his original write-up and enlarged photo, being the pair illustrated on plate VIII of his 1948 book and described by him as 'the finest retouch of all' (p. 25). Most attractive and desirable, and very rare. - P267001809