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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 225

(x) Burma
"R" in Circle of Bars combined with Circular Datestamps
Thayetmyo
1884 (14 July) envelope (part flap missing) to Shropshire, bearing ½a. (9) all with manuscript pen marks and tied by "r" in circle of bars (Type K8; earliest recorded date) and showing, on reverse, "thayetmyo" c.d.s.; and 1887 (8 June) envelope (with letters) to Scotland, bearing 2½a. clearly tied by "thayetmyo" squared-circle d.s. (Type KD9)

provenance:
"Stoltz", September 2013

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

Sold for
£270

Starting price
£240