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Auction: 22012 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 2806

(x) Straits Settlements
1867-72 First Permanent Issue
Mail to India
1873 (25 May) envelope (small faults) from Singapore to Nagapatam, marked "Via Galle", bearing 12c. blue (straight-edge at right) tied by manuscript marking and small circle of bars and showing "singapore/paid" c.d.s. in red; 1879 (24 Sept.) entire letter from Singapore to Calcutta (address with some ink-etching), bearing 2c. brown (3) crossed by manuscript marking and cancelled by blue firm's chop and "B/172" obliterator , and showing "singapore/paid" c.d.s. in red

provenance:
George Dyer, November 1984 (1873 cover)

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

Sold for
£90

Starting price
£50