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№ 5585

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29 September 2014

Hammer Price:
£1,550

Government, Five Rupees, 2 February 1915, Cawnpore, DC/6 29704, without signature (Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 2A.1.4.H3; cf. Pick A4g). A few pinholes at top left, otherwise good very fine to about extremely fine, scarce
£500-600

This series with prefix DC is recorded by Razack-Jhunjhwalla as lost at sea with the sinking of SS Shirala in July 1918