~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Absolute Delight for Collectors of Freaks / Oddities in Philately ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This FDC is a unique combination of a "Philatelic Printing Error" & "The Printer's Devil". Though many copies of the Printer's Devil will be available, the specimen is a RARE instance of "Printer's Devil" & "Color Shift" combination & there are no more than 5 reported copies of THIS "rare" VARIETY from Bhopal. [ 3 people who possess it have consistently refused to sell it to me - over the last 40 years ] The First Day Cover "ON DISPLAY & FOR SALE" is marked up so high because of TWO reasons mentioned above which are explained below in detail: (1) The stamp has a discernible color-shift with the flag mast & the edge of flag clearly carrying a WHITE gap which is missing in the NORMAL stamps. (2) The HINDI version of Special Cancellation is missing a crucial DOT ( . ) atop the alphabet which converts BANGLA to "BAGLA" >>> In HINDI, the BAGLA is an egret [ a water bird ]. It was only in Bhopal ( a city in Central India ) that the DOT went missing atop the "BA". BAGLA pronounced as BA ( *bu* in bud or bun ) - G ( *gu* of gum ) - LA ( usual as in Las Vegas ) BANGLA would have had BAN pronounced as *bun* with *u* more or less SILENT. A better, rather EXACT, phonetic pronunciation for BANGLA would be *bung*LA. BUY IT NOW or wait till i change my mind and withdraw the offer... The ONLY alternative then available to you shall be to dream about "an opportunity missed"... For "Most Obvious Reasons", this item is available "Only on TripleClicks".

199 USD LimitedAvailability