50c Green, Large Die Essay on India (260-E2). On 70 x 115mm card with full die sinkage, deep rich color, with denomination changed from the 30c of the 1890 Issue to 50c but without triangles added to the corners

VERY FINE. THIS REMARKABLE ESSAY FOR THE 50-CENT DENOMINATION, WITHOUT TRIANGLES AT THE TOP IS LIKELY UNIQUE. ONE OF THE GREAT RARITIES OF THE ISSUE.

The design from the 30c 1890 Issue was extensively reworked for the new 50c stamp, with the portrait of Jefferson almost completely re-engraved. Also part of the circular lines around the denominations at bottom extend into the ovals, as in the 1898 10c Type II.

Newly listed in Scott. Ex Earl of Crawford and Whitpain

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