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Auction: 26014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 5251

(x) Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Penang
1820 (25 Dec.) entire letter from Penang, via Madras, to "Lt. E. Mackinnon, 18th N.Infantry, Seringapatam", showing a fine strike of the intaglio "post/office/pwi" oval handstamp in red and, on reverse, arrival Ship Letter oval d.s. (10.1.21). A magnificent example of this very elusive handstruck marking of which only one other example on cover is recorded. Photo

provenance:
E.E. Yates, Robson Lowe, December 1939, Lot 312
Lt. Col. Rose-Hutchinson, Robson Lowe, October 1949, Lot 622
Charles Taylor, London and Brighton, May 1981, Lot 17
David Springbett, Christie's Singapore, March 1994, Lot 609
V.T. Nathan, Spink, April 2009, Lot 4

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

Estimate
£12,000 to £15,000

Starting price
£9500