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Auction: 8003 - Federated Malay States The Dr Yau Khai Weng Collection
Lot: 111

x Perak Covers and Cancellations 1892 (7 May) "Bickel" envelope (222x100mm.) registered to San Marino, bearing Straits Settlements 1883 5c. blue vertical strip of three and a single with Perak 1892 1c. green marginal block of six on reverse, all clearly tied by "thaipeng" c.d.s. (Proud Type D7), showing straight-line "registered" h.s. (Type R2; earliest recorded date) and, on reverse, Penang (9.5) and Rimini (6.6) datestamps; the envelope with vertical crease towards left and large repaired tear in face panel. A rare franking as the use of the Perak adhesives was unnecessary. Photo Estimate £ 3,000-4,000 provenance: Stanley Gibbons Singapore auction, August 1990

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