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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: 294

Straits Settlements
1899 (Mar.) "four cents" on 5c. carmine
A single with surcharge omitted, fine with much original gum, centred to top, negligible traces of gum thinning merely mentioned for accuracy. A very fine example of this, one of the key stamps of the Straits Settlements. S.G. 109a, £40,000. Photo

Note: We record nine examples of this variety, one being in the Royal Collection

provenance:
H. P. Manus, May 1933
Dr. F.E. Wood, December 1964
Isleham, March 1987
George Bloch, May 1996

Sold for
SG$40,000