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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: 1075

Labuan
1879 (May) Watermark CA over Crown, sideways
Cancelled Stamps
2c. in yellow-green, 6c. orange-brown (tear at upper left), 12c. carmine and 16c. blue, each handstamped "cancelled" (Type D7), all with some gum; perforations trimmed in places and other small faults. . Extremely rare. S.G. 1-4. Photo

Note: Only one other example of the 2c. in yellow-green with CA sideways watermark is known.

provenance:
De La Rue archives September 1976
Malcolm Burnett, October 1984

Sold for
SG$2,400