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Auction: 19032 - India used in the Straits Settlements, The Tan Ah Ee Collection - Part 1
Lot: 46

The Bisects
1859 (Sept.) entire ex the "Turner" correspondence from Singapore to Glasgow, marked "Via Marseilles", 1855 4a. black on blue glazed paper single and diagonal bisect and 1856 8a. carmine, all well tied by "B/172" obliterator and showing, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. in red with arrival c.d.s. (31.10). A very fine and desirable example of the 14 annas per ½oz. rate to UK via Marseilles. B.P.A. Certificate (1998). Photo

provenance:
David Springbett, March 1994

Sold for
SG$25,000