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Auction: 26014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 5257

(x) Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Penang
1851 (31 Dec.) printed "Prices Current" to Canton, showing fine light strike of framed "penang/free" h.s. in red. The only recorded example that, as part of the circular gives details of shipping movements, it could be registered as a newspaper and, therefore, be carried free. Photo

provenance:
Sidney Harris, Stanley Gibbons, April 1968, Lot 34
Charles Taylor, London and Brighton, May 1981, Lot 25
David Springbett, Christie's Singapore, March 1994, Lot 620
Pichai Buranasombati, Spink Singapore, June 2000, Lot 20
"Stoltz", Spink Singapore, September 2010, Lot 1031

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