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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 389

(x) Straits Settlements
India used in Straits Settlements
Covers
1866 front and part back from Singapore to Glasgow, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 1860 8p. purple and 1865 2a. orange and 8a. carmine, each clearly cancelled "B/172" with the 2a. pre-cancelled by part firm's h.s., showing red crayon "1/3" with, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. in red and arrival c.d.s. (30.10). An attractive three-colour franking

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

Sold for
£520

Starting price
£80