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Auction: 17010 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring The Robert Van Buren Emmons FRPSL, Collection of British Empire Classics
Lot: 1488

Labuan
1881 (24 Apr.) envelope to London, bearing 1880-82 10c. brown pair tied by oval of bars (Proud Type K3, twenty-six months earlier than recorded), showing Labuan c.d.s. (Type D4, over sixteen months earlier than recorded) at lower left with arrival c.d.s. on reverse; the envelope slightly soiled. A very early and rare usage. Photo

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£4,800