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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: 1119

Labuan
1881 (June) "Eight Cents" on 12c. Carmine
A complete sheet (5x2) without margins from the second setting, [8] with no right foot to second Chinese character, unused with large part original gum; [1] with large part of corner cut off and [2] thinned. Very rare, one of three recorded sheets in private hands. S.G. 15/d, £1625+. Photo

provenance:
Charles Taylor, May 1990

Sold for
SG$1,300