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Auction: 15027 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia Sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 2414

British Post Office in Siam (Bangkok)
Indian Stamps used in Siam
1864 (12 Sept.) entire letter written by John Bush from Bangkok to London, via Marseilles, bearing 8p. and 1a. block of eight (4x2; affixed over left edge and torn through opening) and a pair (crossed by filing crease), all cancelled "B/172", showing red London Paid arrival c.d.s. (21.11) and, on reverse, fine "singapore/p.o." double-ring datestamp (6.10). A wonderful example of the 10a.8p. rate and without doubt one of the most spectacular India/Siam frankings. Photo

provenance:
Stanley Gibbons, 1986
Prakaipet Indhusophon, May 1993

Estimate
SG$80,000 to SG$100,000