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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: 407

Straits Settlements
Covers and Cancellations
Mail via Singapore
1850 (26 Sept.) entire letter from Batavia to England, marked "via Marseilles", rated "1/10" and showing, on reverse, framed "singapore/Bearing" d.s. overstruck by blue Penrith arrival d.s., and red London transit c.d.s.; and 1858 (15 May) entire letter from Manila to Edinburgh, rated "9" and showing, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. in black, London (15.7) and arrival datestamps. (ID)

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SG$240