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Auction: 26014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 5265

(x) Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Waghorn Mail
1840 (27 Mar.) entire letter to Glasgow, marked "Via Marseilles", rated "6/2", showing framed "india" in red, good to fine oval framed "Care of/Mr T Waghorn/Suez" and, on reverse, oval-framed "forwarded by/lyall matheson & co/calcutta" and arrival datestamp (11.6); the entire with disinfection slits and with staining from disinfection. Believed to be the only cover from the Straits Settlements with a Waghorn cachet. Photo

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Estimate
£5,000 to £6,000

Starting price
£4000