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Auction: 14026 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia including the Peter Cockburn Award Winning Collection of Straits Settlements and Malayan States Revenue Stamps
Lot: 669

Penang
Postage Stamps used for Revenue
1955 (9 May) Conveyance, originally stamped at $4 by use of Penang Stamp Office franking machine, subsequently noted as insufficiently paid and a $1 was affixed and tied by "stamp office/penang" c.d.s.; 1955 (21 July) Agreement for Letting, bearing $1, $2 (2 ) and $5 (4), each similarly cancelled; 1955 (16 Dec.) Bill of Exchange bearing India Foreign Bill 3r. and 6r. (9) and Penang 6c. (on face), 10c., 25c., $1 (5) and $5 (3); 1956 (30 June) and 1959 (10 June) Bills of Lading both bearing 10c.; and 1960 (20 Apr.) First of Exchange Bill drawn on India bearing Foreign Bill 4a. (10) and 6r. (3) and Penang 5c., 10c. (2), 50c. and $2 (8). An interesting group

Estimate
SG$300 to SG$400