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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: 24

Straits Settlements
1867 (1 Sept.) Surcharged on Stamps of East India
Essays
6a.8p. slate (top right corner cut off) and Revenue Receipt 1a. lilac (some trimmed perfs at right), both overprinted with a Crown at top in black and showing manuscript "Specimen" (Type DMS). Believed to be the only known examples. Photo

Note: The Crown used for the overprint on these essays, although very similar to that on the issued stamps, is not exactly the same, as, not only is the size very slightly different, but the jewels and the band of ermine differ also

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

Sold for
SG$4,000