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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 48

(x) Burma
Bengal Obliterators
Akyab
1856 (June) printed entire letter (listing "arrival of vessels in the harbour and port of akyab in the month of june 1856") originally sent unsealed with a separate wrapper (now lost) - to qualify for the printed matter rate - on which another stamp and part c.d.s. was applied, from Akyab to Hamburg, marked "per Dawk" with an India 1a. red (corner fault and discoloured) tied by "B/5" obliterator with part red Calcutta transit d.s. and large part 2-ring Copenhagen "k.d.p.a. hamburg" c.d.s. (31.8). A very rare example of international Printed Matter rate from Burma

provenance:
Derek Filby, December 2017

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

Sold for
£350

Starting price
£80