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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 71

(x) Burma
Bengal Obliterators
Port Blair - Andaman Islands
1870 (30 Sept.) envelope to Kingsbridge, bearing 2a. (3) tied by pen-strokes and clear "B/227" obliterator (Type K1; latest recorded date), showing "port blair/p.o." double-ring d.s. in red (Type D2; latest recorded date) on face and on reverse (both show date slugs inverted). The envelope opened-out and a little ragged in places (small portion missing at top) though undoubtedly the finest of the few known covers and one of only two examples with c.d.s. on the front

provenance:
Gerald Davis, March 1990
"Stoltz", September 2013

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

Sold for
£2,100

Starting price
£1200