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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: 40

Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Penang
1861 (18 Mar.) envelope from Guernsey to a Naval Officer at Hong Kong and redirected to Madras, bearing GB 6d. tied by "324" duplex, showing framed "penang/ship letter/bg" d.s. with manuscript "2a" inserted, light Madras datestamp and, on reverse, London and Hong Kong (7.5) datestamps. (ID). Photo

provenance:
Christie's Singapore auction, March 1994

Sold for
SG$950