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Auction: 18051 - The Yen Boon Swee Collection of Straits Settlements Queen Victoria Postal Stationery
Lot: 1245

Straits Settlements Queen Victoria Postal Stationery
Foreign Postal Stationery used in the Straits Settlements
1884 (16 May) Wurttemberg 5pf. lilac card (HG26) to Singapore, uprated with 5pf., tied by Ulm c.d.s.; sorted on the P&O S.S. Rosetta, which left Penang 10 June and arrived Singapore 12 June, struck with "penang and singapore paid" (12.6; Type PD1; readdressed to Penang, with red "singapore/paid" (19.6) and "penang/paid" (28.6) datestamps in red. Scarce and exotic. Photo

Estimate
SG$700 to SG$900