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: 999
Burma
Akyab
1857 (10 Feb.) front and part back to London, marked "per P&O Steamers via Trieste", rated "6" (deleted), "1/-" and "5d" in red, bearing 1854 1a. and DLR 8a., both cancelled "B/5", showing framed "india paid" in red, boxed "6¼" in blue and, on reverse, "akyab/p.o." double-ring d.s. and Calcutta transit c.d.s., both in red. Neat and attractive. A very rare mixed-issue franking. Photo
Estimate
SG$10,000 to SG$12,000