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: 1023
Burma
Henzada (Sarawah)
1877 (5 Mar.) envelope to Glasgow, bearing 6a. with manuscript initials tied by diamond of dots (Type K5) and showing, on reverse, "henzada" despatch c.d.s. (Type D5; almost three years earlier than recorded), Calcutta and arrival datestamps; the envelope with peripheral creases caused by contents. Photo
Sold for
SG$240