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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: 112

Straits Settlements
India used in Straits Settlements
1855-65 De La Rue Issues
Singapore
Mail to United Kingdom
1860 (22 Jan.) entire ex Turner correspondence to Glasgow, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 4a. black on blued paper singles (3) and a diagonal bisect, all cancelled "B/172" and showing, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. in red and arrival c.d.s. (26.3). A very fine example of the 4a. bisect. (ID). Photo

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SG$14,000