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Auction: 24017 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia
Lot: 1

(x) British P.O. in Siam (Bangkok)
The Unique S.G. 1 Multiple
1885 32c. on 2a. yellow, a horizontal pair with sheet margin at top with full original gum and of excellent colour. The only recorded multiple and a magnificent exhibition piece of the highest importance. R.P.S. (1966) and B.P.A. (2003) Certificates. S.G. 1, £70,000. Photo

Note: Only twenty were included in the last shipment to Bangkok on Wednesday 27 May 1885

provenance:
Thomas Allen
William Frazer, May 2003

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

Sold for
£110,000

Starting price
£65000