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Auction: 21014 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 283

Straits Settlements
Covers and Cancellations
Military Mail
1863 (19 Sept.) Officer's envelope to London, bearing GB 1d. red "Stars" (6) all cancelled by London "51" numerals applied in transit and showing recipient's notation at left. This letter was probably sent by H.M.S. Severn's surgeon, John Burke M.D., as this ship was in Singapore at this date. Photo

provenance:
Geoffrey Osborn, June 2007

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£420

Starting price
£150