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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: 1506

North Borneo
Covers and Cancellations
Combination Covers
1889 (18 Mar.) envelope to India, bearing 1886 ½c. magenta vertical pair and 1c. orange, both corner examples, cancelled by 14 bar oval, in combination with Straits Settlements 1882 8c. orange tied by circular undated "singapore/p.o", showing Sandakan c.d.s. in red adjacent and, on reverse, Singapore (24.3), Madras (4.4) and Cawnpore (6.4) datestamps. An enchanting combination cover of the utmost appeal. B.P.A. Certificate (1999). Photo

provenance:
Col. J.R. Danson, June 1971
Patrick Cassels, April 2008

Sold for
SG$38,000