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Auction: 22012 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 2778

(x) Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Singapore
1857 (28 Nov.) entire letter to Marseilles, showing "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. (another strike on reverse) with handstruck "8" (decimes) alongside; 1864 (19 Sept.) entire letter to Reims, marked "pr Overland Mail via Marseilles", showing "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s., Marseilles entry d.s. and handstruck "9" (decimes) with French T.P.O. and arrival c.d.s. on reverse; and 1865 (7 June) envelope to Marseilles, showing "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s., "poss angl./marseille" c.d.s. in red (15.7) and manuscript "18" (decimes)

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Sold for
£160

Starting price
£120