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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 69

(x) Burma
Bengal Obliterators
Namayan
1870 (May) envelope registered to Calcutta, bearing 2a. (3) each clearly cancelled "B/136" (Type K2; over eleven years later than recorded) and showing, on reverse, "prome/p.o." double-ring d.s. (Type D2), Prome registration h.s. (Type R2; nearly five years earlier than recorded) and arrival datestamp, all in red. Very rare and thought to be one of two recorded covers

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

Sold for
£800

Starting price
£600