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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: 87

Straits Settlements
1867-72 Watermark Crown CC
Specimen Stamps
2c. brown (3, one with straight-edge at left), 4c. rose, 6c. dull lilac, 8c. orange-yellow, 12c. blue (2), 24c. blue-green (straight-edge at right), 32c. pale red (2, one a little faded) and 96c. grey (2, one with straight-edge at right), each handstamped "specimen" (Type D5), one 2c. and 12c. in red, one 2c. and 96c. in black, the remainder in blue, some faults. A very rare set. Photo

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

Sold for
SG$6,000