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Auction: 26014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 5275

(x) Straits Settlements
India used in Singapore
Mail from Batavia
1855 (May) entire (addressee's name excised) from Maclaine Watson, Batavia (docketed) to San Francisco, bearing 1854 4a. 4th printing pair with good to clear margins showing printer's guide lines at top left, barely touched at lower right, cancelled by diamond of dots and showing, on reverse, framed "singapore/Paid" d.s. in red and Hong Kong double-arc d.s. (22.6) transit datestamps. One of the most significant of the India used abroad covers. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). Photo

provenance:
David Springbett, Christie's Singapore, March 1994, Lot 696

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

Estimate
£10,000 to £12,000

Starting price
£8000