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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: 188

Straits Settlements
1883 (Aug.) "two cents" Surcharges
8c. orange mint
A wonderful vertical strip of ten of Setting II with sheet margin at right. A strip of ten with almost full original gum that shows the whole method of surcharging by a triplet handstamp whereby the triplet, in this case all letters narrow, is applied three times and the tenth stamp is surcharged by a separate single unit which in the case of the second setting is the rare "e", "n" and "s" all wide. A rare exhibition piece. S.G. 57-58, £4370+. Photo

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

Sold for
SG$4,800