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Auction: 24021 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 3186

Ceylon
Covers and Cancellations
15c. rate
1885 (Feb.) envelope (faults, split in two parts) from Calcutta to Rangoon bearing 1885 5c. on 8c. lilac vertical strip of three (one with surface damage); 1885 (Apr.) from Galle to Bombay bearing 1885 5c. on 4c. rose strip of three; and 1885 (Dec.) envelope from Colombo to Calcutta bearing 1885 5c. on 8c. lilac strip of three tied by manuscript date and light duplex. Also 1889-96 envelopes (7) to UK, six bear 1886 5c. (3) and one a double rate with 5c. (6), cancellations include Agarapatan, Badulla, Colombo (2) and Hatton,

provenance:
Spink, July 2006

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£100