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The Most Expensive Modern Stamp : India.

 
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rod222
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Supposedly, the 10 rupee Mahatma Gandhi issue of 1948

$205,000 US.

...Oh! it also had the "service" opt.
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The 10 r. overprinted "Service" was only issued to the Governor-General's Secretariat. SG O150d catalogued at £32,000.

If you think US$205,000 is a big markup, let's look at this:



One of these, catalogued at £1,000, sold at auction on 15 June 2011 for £11,500.

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Nice scan Plateflaw.
Do we presume you have this issue? :)
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No, sadly not. I borrowed the image from Grosvenor's.

Some lucky purchasers of the 1992 India Year Packs picked up examples of this error. The value is an error (should be 2 r.), and the inscription is also wrong.
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