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Auction: 24021 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 3185

Ceylon
Covers and Cancellations
6c. rate
1899-1903 a selection (13) including 1899 (25 Apr.) envelope to USA bearing 1898 6c. on 15c.; 1899 (3 May) envelope from Colombo to Canada bearing 1899 6c.; and 1901 (19 Nov.) envelope from Badulla to Canada bearing 1899 2c. and 4c., 1899 (June) envelope (with contents) from Talawakele to Scotland bearing 1884 2c. (6, one defective); 1900 (Dec.) envelope from Colombo to Calcutta bearing 1883 4c. rosy mauve strip of three; and 1902 (July) envelope from Colombo to Mauritius bearing 1899 6c. pair. Mixed condition as expected, a useful lot for the postal historian.

provenance:
Spink, July 2006

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Sold for
£170