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Auction: 19033 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
Lot: 694

North Borneo
Covers and Cancellations
1895 (19 Nov.) envelope ex the "Dunlop" correspondence to Edinburgh, bearing 1883 2c. red-brown tied by oval of bars, in combination with Straits Settlements 1882 10c. slate cancelled by undated "singapore/po" h.s., showing red Sandakan c.d.s. and Singapore datestamp (1.12) with arrival c.d.s. (3.1.86) on reverse. A very rare combination franking and only the second recorded with the oval of 14 bars. Photo

provenance:
Charles Taylor, May 1990

Sold for
SG$16,000