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Auction: 9023 - The V T Nathan Collection of Straits Settlements
Lot: 84

x Indian Stamps used in the Straits Settlements Straits Settlements Bisects 2a. rate to Netherlands East Indies 1859 (16 Oct.) entire from Singapore to Padang, bearing 1855 4a. black on blue glazed paper bisected diagonally and tied by smudged "B/172", showing manuscript "30" with, on reverse, framed "singapore/ship letter/paid" d.s. in red. Very rare, one of five recorded single 4a. bisects on cover. B.P.A. Certificate (1986). S.G. Z76a, £8000+. Photo Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 provenance: "Koh-i-Noor", February 1986 Spink Singapore, June 2000

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