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Auction: 11016 - Fine Stamps & Covers of SE Asia Including the Stolz Part 2
Lot: 304

Straits Settlements Malacca 1836 (18 Aug.) Officer´s entire letter to London, headed "Fort Lismore" and showing, on reverse across join, framed "india letter/gravesend" and arrival datestamp (9.2), both in red. Fort Lismore was situated in the State of Nanning which had been annexed to Malacca after two ineptly conducted campaigns. The Fort had been built to house the occupation troops, which by 1836 had been reduced to 1 officer and 40 men as the country was perfectly quiet. A full transcript and the story of the campaign was published in the "Postal History International" Vol. 2 No. 11, page 416 (a copy is included with the lot). An important historical document in an excellent state of preservation. Photo Estimate S$ 6,000-8,000 provenance: Charles Taylor, May 1981

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SG$5,800