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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 804

(x) Straits Settlements
1867 (1 Sept.) Surcharged on Stamps of East India
Covers
1867 (24 Oct.) entire letter from Penang to Colombo, Ceylon, marked "Via Point de Galle", bearing 12c. on 4a. green tied by blue firm's chop and "147" duplex, showing manuscript "1d" and red crayon "4", "colombo/unpaid" arrival c.d.s. (3.11) with, on reverse, "galle/unpaid" transit c.d.s.; some minor staining around adhesive. A rare franking and one of two covers known to Ceylon, the other is from Singapore. Photo

provenance:
Thomas Traill, November 1977
Tay Peng Hian, November 1986

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Sold for
£2,700