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Auction: 18039 - Fine Stamps and Covers of South East Asia, Including The Dr. Cheah Jin Seng Collections of Straits Settlements and Kedah, and The Iain Dyce collection of Straits Settlements
Lot: 2

Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Malacca
1844 (12 Mar.) entire letter from Bangalore to "Captain Rochfort, 27th Regt, Malacca" showing, on reverse, framed "bangalore/Paid" d.s. in red, double-lined oval "out station/madras/ship letter" d.s. (14.3), framed "malacca/ship letter/April/Bearing" d.s. in red and "penang/ship letter/May 4/Bearing" d.s. in black. Very rare, one of four recorded examples, all struck in 1844. Photo

provenance:
Comdt. Smith
Charles Taylor, May 1981
Tay Peng Hian, November 1986
Christie's Singapore auction, March 1994
V.T. Nathan, April 2009

Sold for
SG$7,500