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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 340

(x) Burma
Country Offices
Tamu
1891 (15 Apr.) envelope from Berlin to Nepal via Segowlie (5.5), franked at 40pf., arrived 8 May, re-addressed to Calcutta (8.5) via Segowlie (10.5) and arrived 11 May, re-addressed to Shillong (17.5), then Kohima (21.5), then to Kindat via Tamu (3.6) showing "tummo" c.d.s. (Type D2; the only recorded example), arrived 8 June and marked "not known", via D.L.O. Rangoon (29.6) and back to Calcutta (6.7). This much-travelled envelope not unsurprisingly with wear and tear

provenance:
"Stoltz", September 2014

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

Sold for
£160

Starting price
£160