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Auction: 15041 - The "Sentosa" Collection of Straits Settlements, Malayan States, Labuan, North Borneo and Sarawak sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 23

Straits Settlements
1867 (1 Sept.) Surcharged on Stamps of East India
Essays
½a. blue, 2a. orange, 4a. green, 6a.8p. slate and 8a. carmine overprinted "straits/settlements" in small seriffed letters, plus Customs 1a. blue, Receipt 1a. lilac and Share Transfer 3a. purple and red with similar overprint in larger letters; some faults/defects. The only set in private hands and a magnificent opening exhibition display page to the stamps of the Straits Settlements. Photo

provenance:
Dr. F.E. Wood, December 1964
Charles Taylor, May 1981

Sold for
SG$32,000