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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: 113

Straits Settlements
India used in Straits Settlements
1855-65 De La Rue Issues
Singapore
Mail to United Kingdom
1866 entire to London, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 8p. purple on white pair, 4a. green and 8a. carmine pair, each with manuscript initials and cancelled by unclear obliterator, showing red crayon "2/6", Paid arrival c.d.s. (29.10) and, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. in red. An attractive three colour franking. (CJS). Photo

provenance:
George C. Dyer, November 1984

Sold for
SG$3,200