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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 669

Sarawak
Early Letters
1858 (21 May) envelope to Paris, marked "via Southampton", rated "3/-", showing good fine double-ring "post office/sarawak" h.s. with red manuscript date inserted, framed "g b/1f60c" accountancy h.s., Calais entry d.s. (3.8), manuscript "16" (decimes) with, on reverse, London (2.8) and arrival datestamps; the envelope with two punch holes at top. A rare destination and one of only five pre-stamp covers known with this cancel. Photo

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£6,000

Starting price
£6000