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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 531

(x) Straits Settlements
1867-72 First Permanent Issue
Mail to Peru
1871 (12 Aug.) envelope from Singapore to Lima, marked "Via California" and "pr Colorado", bearing 6c. and 32c. wing-margin pair clearly tied by "D14" duplex, showing red crayon "8", unframed "p.d." in black, framed "paid all", red New York transit d.s. (30.10) with arrival c.d.s. on reverse. The only recorded cover to Peru. Photo

provenance:
David Springbett, March 1994

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

Sold for
£1,200

Starting price
£420