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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 20

(x) Burma
The "Bearing" and "Paid" Datestamps
Moulmein
1845 (22 May) entire ex the "Huth" correspondence to London, rated "1/10", showing framed "india" and, on reverse, "moulmein/Paid" d.s. (Type PS3) with "44" year date error (crossed by vertical filing crease), Calcutta transit d.s. (3.6) and arrival c.d.s. (22.7), all struck in red; also 1846 (24 Dec.) entire letter from an abbot of a French mission at Moulmein to France, marked "Via Marseilles" and "P. Paid", showing framed "india" with, on reverse, Calcutta G.P.O. Ship Letter d.s., both in red

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£120