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Auction: 15027 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia Sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 2058

Straits Settlements
1869 (?) "2" in manuscript on 1½c. on ½a. blue, crossed by part manuscript "Stamped" and cancelled by part "D17" duplex in blue. A fine example of this mysterious rarity. Signed P.L. Pemberton. S.G. 10, £6500. Photo

Note: Both Sir Edward Bacon and Dr. F.E. Wood have presented strong cases for the necessity and validity of a 2 cents provisional. It was quite probable that there had been a shortage of 2c. stamps in early 1869, since the records of the Penang Treasury indicate that there was only 640 2c. stamps remaining in stock as of 2 January 1869.

provenance:
Isleham, November 1986

Estimate
SG$5,000 to SG$6,000