Mahatma Gandhi stamps sold for 4.1 crores

London April 21: A set of four rare stamps featuring portraits of Mahatma Gandhi has been sold for a record price Here in the United Kingdom.

While going to matter, This was the highest price ever paid for Indian stamps. The seller has been sold for record price exactly of £500,000 (4.1 crores) at an auction in the UK

Only 13 of the 1948 Gandhi 10-rupee Purple Brown and Lake 'Service' stamps are in circulation.



The block of four was sold to a private Australian collector for the highest ever price for Indian stamps, said UK-based dealer Stanley Gibbons.

The only 13 single examples are authoritatively recorded, including this strip of four and a block of four in the Royal Philatelic Collection, owned by Queen Elizabeth II, which is believed to be the world's largest and most valuable private stamp collection, Gibbons said in a statement.