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Auction: 19032 - India used in the Straits Settlements, The Tan Ah Ee Collection - Part 1
Lot: 53

Transit Mail
From Netherlands East Indies
1854 (22 Nov.) entire letter from Batavia to Greenock, bearing 1854 1a. red (4, three touched or cut-into on one or more sides) and 4a. blue and red (cut-to-shape), all cancelled by circle of dots (Type K1, one of two recorded) which was applied in Singapore, showing framed "india paid" and London Paid transit c.d.s. (22.1.55) with, on reverse, framed "singapore/Paid" d.s. in red for December and light arrival datestamp. An extremely rare and magnificent franking, and a major exhibition item. B.P.A. Certificate (2010). Photo

provenance:
E.E. Yates, December 1939
Lt. Col. Rose-Hutchinson, October 1949
"Rajah", May 1988
"Stolz", September 2010

Estimate
SG$100,000 to SG$120,000