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                    Lot: 59
                
                    
                        x Indian Stamps used in the Straits Settlements  1855-65 Typographed Issues  Singapore  1860 no watermark 8p. purple on white bisected diagonally together with 1855 8a. carmine vertical pair and 1856 1a. brown, all clearly cancelled and tied by "B/172" obliterator. Extremely rare.  S.G. Z80a, £65,000 on cover of which only two are recorded. Photo   Estimate £   2,000-2,500    provenance:  Christie´´s Robson Lowe India auction, March 1994                        
                                            
                
                    
                        Sold for                    
                        
                        
                        £6,500