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Auction: 22019 - The 'M' Collection of India and Indian Feudatory States
Lot: 1058

(x) India
1859 (20 Aug.) entire letter from Singapore to Penang, marked "p. Steamer", bearing 1855 4a. blue glazed paper 4a. black bisected diagonally tied by "B/172" obliterator and showing, on reverse, "singapore/ship letter/paid" d.s. in red. Very rare, we record only nine single 4a. bisect covers of which this is the only inter-settlement example. B.P.A. Certificate (1965). S.G. 35b, £22,000. Photo

provenance:
E.E. Yates, December 1939
Dr. Wood, December 1964

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

Sold for
£16,000

Starting price
£8000