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Auction: 26014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 5250

(x) Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Penang
1806 (4 Feb.) entire letter from Canton to Penang showing, on reverse, a good strike of the very rare oval-framed "p.o/p.w.i." h.s. in black; some minor re-inforcement along folds. One of only four examples we record and the only one known struck in black. Photo

provenance:
Lt. Col. L.T. Rose-Hutchinson, Robson Lowe, October 1949, Lot 621
Dr. F.E. Wood, Robson Lowe, December 1964, Lot 36
Sidney Harris, Stanley Gibbons, April 1968, Lot 21
Charles Taylor, London and Brighton, May 1981, Lot 15
Pichai Buranasombati, Spink Singapore, June 2000, Lot 6


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Estimate
£8,000 to £10,000

Starting price
£6500