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Auction: 7019 - Fine Stamps & Covers of S E Asia
Lot: 387

Straits Settlements - Revenue Stamps Early Documents 1863 (29 June) entire letter from Penang to Calcutta, bearing India 1a. Receipt stamp with pen-cancel and showing framed "penang/ship letter/bg" datestamp alongside with arrival c.d.s. on reverse; the face panel with small tear at top just impinging on d.s. and slightly soiled. This shows that the attempt to prepay with a fiscal stamp was not accepted. Photo Estimate S$ 5,000-6,000 provenance: Charles Taylor, May 1981 Tay Peng Hian, November 1986

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