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Auction: 26026 - Classic India – the 1854 Issues
Lot: 31

(x) India
1854-55 Lithographed Issues
Covers
1857 (17 Dec.) entire letter from Singapore to Hong Kong, marked "p. Formosa", bearing 2a. green bisected diagonally, well tied by "B/172" obliterator and manuscript "4" and showing, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring datestamp in red (28.12) and Hong Kong double-arc arrival datestamp (10.1.58). One of the most important covers not only of the Straits Settlements but also of Indian philately. The only known example of a bisected use of the India 1854 lithographed issue. B.P.A. Certificate (2000). S.G. Z64a, £750,000

provenance:

David Springbett, March 1994, Lot 668 (realised S$135,000 hammer)

Dr. Pichai Buranasombati, June 2000, Lot 149 (realised S$240,000 hammer)

Spink Singapore, Augut 2019, Lot 44 (realised S$1,000,000 hammer)


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

Estimate
£500,000 to £700,000

Starting price
£460000