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Auction: 9023 - The V T Nathan Collection of Straits Settlements
Lot: 93

x Indian Stamps used in the Straits Settlements Straits Settlements Bisects 26a. rate to the United Kingdom 1859 (4 Oct.) entire from Singapore to Glasgow, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 1855 4a. black on blue glazed paper bisected diagonally and 1856 8a. carmine pair and single, all tied by "B/172" obliterator and showing, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. in red and clear arrival c.d.s. (11.11). A magnificent franking and the second highest recorded rate with a bisect. Photo Estimate £ 15,000-20,000 provenance: J.C. North, March 1956 Admiral George C. Dyer, November 1984 Nestor Nunez, December 1988 Christie´´s Singapore, March 1994

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£14,000