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Auction: 24030 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3808

(x) Labuan
1883 (May) "One Dollar A.S.H." in red manuscript on 16c. blue, [9], unused with trace of gum; a few shortish perfs at left and a fraction soiled at top. R.P.S. Certificate No. 16,777, not present. S.G. 22, £4,500. Photo

Note: This was an improvised form of franking parcels. The initials (A.S.H.) are those of A.S. Hamilton, the Postmaster who made the surcharge at the request of the manager of the local coal company. These stamps were not sold at the P.O. but were handed direct to the manager.

provenance:
"Walter Bickly", Spink, July 2011

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

Sold for
£1,500