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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: 26

Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Penang
1845 (14 Jan.) entire to Singapore, marked "Service" and showing, on reverse, a good strike of the very rare oval-framed "penang/free" datestamp in red; the entire with some age discolouration and very heavy vertical filing crease. Very rare, only three examples recorded, all with 1844 dates. Photo

provenance:
Spink Singapore auctions, June 2000 and July 2006
V.T. Nathan, April 2009

Sold for
SG$3,500