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Auction: 20033 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia
Lot: 1037

(x) Straits Settlements
India used in Singapore
1857 (8 Oct.) envelope to Burton on Trent, bearing India 1854 1a, Die I strip of four (one with light tone at top) with good to large margins and 2a. (cut-into at foot), all cancelled “B/172”, showing manuscript “6” and, on reverse, “singapore/p.o.” double-ring d.s. in red, London (21.11) and arrival c.d.s. A very rare franking and a magnificent exhibition item. Photo

provenance:
Charles Taylor, May 1981

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Sold for
£25,000

Starting price
£12000