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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 40

(x) Burma
Diamond of Dots
Rangoon
1854 (5 Oct.) entire (no side flaps) to Calcutta, marked "¼" (tola) and bearing 1854 ½a. blue Die I with large margins, neatly tied by diamond of dots (Type K1; earliest recorded date) and showing, on reverse, light "rangoon/post office" despatch datestamp (Type D1; earliest recorded date), fine. A scarce early usage of the ½a. used during the first month of use. R.P.S. Certificate (1963)

provenance:
Robert P. Piccus, April 1967
"Stoltz", September 2013

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£1,400

Starting price
£550