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Auction: 11016 - Fine Stamps & Covers of SE Asia Including the Stolz Part 2
Lot: 775

Perak Papan 1897 (4 Jan.) envelope registered to Canton bearing, on reverse, Straits Settlements 1883 5c. blue and 1894 8c. ultramarine vertical pairs tied by "papan" squared-circle d.s. (Type D2), showing unframed "registered" h.s. (Type R1, earliest recorded date), Lahat, Taiping, Singapore and Hong Kong transit datestamps and, on face, unframed "a.r" h.s. (Type AR1). A scarce and attractive franking. Photo Estimate S$ 5,000-6,000 provenance: Dr. Cheah Way Mun, June 2004

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SG$4,200