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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 260

(x) Burma
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1893 (9 Mar.) size J 2a. registered envelope to Argentina, uprated with ½a., 1a. (3), 2½a. on 4½a. and 4a., all cancelled by "myingyan/reg" c.d.s. (Type R1, later than recorded); 1899 (Mar.) size J 2a. registered envelope (some light staining and central vertical fold) to Germany, uprated with 8a. cancelled by "bassein/reg" c.d.s. (Type R12; later than recorded) and showing Type R4 registration handstamp (later than recorded); and 1905 (18 Dec.) size J 2a. registered envelope to Madras, uprated with KE ½a. pair and 2a., all cancelled by "maymyo" c.d.s. (Type D4) and showing unrecorded registration h.s. A rare group of registered envelopes of this size

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£240