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Auction: 3010 - Important Stamps & Covers of Malaya and Borneo
Lot: 255

Black Manuscript 3c. on half 5c. blue, bisected diagonally, neatly tied by "ulu pahang" c.d.s. in red on 1897 (2 Aug.) envelope to Singapore showing, on reverse, Kwala Kubu (8.8), Klang (8.8) and arrival (10.8) datestamps. Very rare. Sc. 22a; S.G. 18dc. (WF). Photo Estimate S$ 5,000-7,000 Note: The cover is addressed in the hand writing of J.F. Owen, the District Treasurer at Kuala Lipis where the provisionals were made. provenance: Sidney Harris, 1968

Sold for
SG$22,000