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Auction: 26020 - The Dr. Jon Higgins Collection of Labuan Queen's Heads & Paul Barsdell Sarawak Collection
Lot: 186

(x) Sarawak
1871 Sir James Brooke
Combination Covers and Pieces
1884 (11 Nov.) envelope to Netherlands Indies, bearing 3c. tied by Sarawak c.d.s., in combination with Straits Settlements 1883 4c. brown pair tied by circular undated "singapore/p.o." h.s., showing red Singapore Paid transit c.d.s. (15.11) and, on reverse, "nedindie singapore" (13.11) and Surabaya (17.11) datestamps; the envelope with some minor peripheral faults and roughly opened on reverse. A rare early combination. Photo

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Estimate
£2,500 to £3,000