1926-33 1R Chocolate and Green, wmk Multiple stars, block of three Error Head Omitted. The second largest surviving se-tenant multiple of this amazing error and as per Stanley Gibbons the most spectacular item of 20th century British Indian Philately. From a sheet discovered in c.1929 in whch one right pane of 12 (4x3) showed total omission of the chocolate printing, while the left pane of 24 (4x6) below showed total omission from ten stamps and partial omission from two more - all in all 22 such HEAD OMITTED stamps exist. A 1929 souvenir cover was also printed by the authorities depicting the sheet with the error. The largest such surviving block is made up of four such stamps. (Description courtesy of Gibbons)
Holcombe Photo Certificate.
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