Auction: 8021 - British Empire Stamps and Covers
Lot: 816
Malaya Federated Malay States — $5 essay in the form of a die proof of the frame in black on glazed card (92x60mm.) with four hand-painted value tablets in Chinese white, dated "4/3/31". "after striking" has have been crossed through in pencil; a little soiled. Photo Estimate £ 250-300 provenance: De La Rue archives, November 1976
Sold for
£130
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