Auction: 9023 - The V T Nathan Collection of Straits Settlements
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