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Auction: 9023 - The V T Nathan Collection of Straits Settlements
Lot: 92

x Indian Stamps used in the Straits Settlements Straits Settlements Bisects 14a. rate to the United Kingdom 1859 (Dec.) entire from Singapore to Glasgow, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 1855 4a. black on blue glazed paper singles (3) and a diagonal bisect, each tied by fair strike of "B/172" obliterator and showing, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. and clear arrival c.d.s. (26.3); filing crease just running through corner of bisect. A very fine example of the 4a. bisect. B.P.A. Certificate (2001). S.G. Z68a, £8000+. Photo Estimate £ 8,000-10,000 provenance: Lt. Col. Rose-Hutchinson, October 1949 Christie´´s Robson Lowe India auction, March 1993

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£8,500