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Auction: 18039 - Fine Stamps and Covers of South East Asia, Including The Dr. Cheah Jin Seng Collections of Straits Settlements and Kedah, and The Iain Dyce collection of Straits Settlements
Lot: 36

Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Penang
1855 (24 Jan.) entire letter to Marseilles, marked "Overland via Suez", showing fine framed "penang/Post Paid" d.s. in red struck inverted at lower left, handstruck "10" (decimes) and, on reverse, Alexandria transit d.s. (21.2) in blue. (ID). Photo

provenance:
Spink Singapore auction, June 2000

Sold for
SG$400