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Auction: 21135 - The 'Ruby' Collection of Burma Postal History
Lot: 404

(x) Burma
Military Mail
Pacification
1889 (9 Sept.) envelope to Dover, bearing ½a. block of eight (four with perf faults due to being affixed at edge of envelope) and a single, all crossed by pen-stroke and cancelled by "R" in circle of bars and showing, on reverse, small "shwebandaw/b.o./taunsowingyi" c.d.s. (Type D2; the only date known) with Rangoon and Bombay datestamps alongside. Rare, only three other covers from this tiny Garrison PO have been recorded

provenance:
Derek Filby, December 2017

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

Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£240