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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 381

(x) Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Singapore
1841 (14 May) entire letter to Glasgow, marked "via Marseilles", rated "2/8", showing oval-framed "india" with framed "singapore/Paid" d.s. in red on reverse; 1848 entire carried privately to Canton showing sender's cachet on reverse; 1850 (21 Oct.) entire letter from Batavia to Whitehaven showing, on reverse, framed "singapore/Bearing" d.s.; and 1854 entire to Glasgow, rated "2/3" and showing, on reverse across join, framed "singapore/Bearing" d.s.

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Sold for
£290

Starting price
£160