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Auction: 1020 - Summer Collectors Series - Stamps
Lot: 2232

x Malaya and States Early Letters and Handstamps 1817 (8 Aug.) entire letter from Malacca to London, rated "8", showing light but legible strike of the oval "p.o./p.w.i." handstamp in red partly overstruck by "india ship letter/g.p.o./london" double-ring d.s. (8.5.18), both crossed by light horizontal filing crease. Very rare, one of five recorded examples of which four are struck in red. Photo Estimate £ 3,500-4,000

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