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Auction: 23028 - Stamps and Covers of India and South East Asia
Lot: 661

North Borneo
Covers and Cancellations
Combination Covers
1890 (July) envelope headed "s.a. korczki, kudat", registered to Berlin, bearing 1883 2c. brown (2) cancelled with oval of bars, additionally tied by "kudat" c.d.s., in combination with Straits Settlements 1882 8c. orange vertical pair (slight creasing on left stamp) tied by Singapore c.d.s., showing a fine strike of the rare framed Type R1 registration h.s. with Singapore (25.7) and arrival (25.8) datestamps on reverse; some minor damage to the cover corners nevertheless of stunning appearance and one of the finest and rarest combination covers in existence Photo

provenance:
Charles Taylor, May 1981
Milo Rowell, May 1993

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Sold for
£14,000

Starting price
£8500