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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: 65

Straits Settlements
India used in Straits Settlements
1854 Lithographed Issue
Penang
1857 (12 Jan.) envelope to Singapore, bearing 1a. red Die I with large margins, clearly tied by clear "B/147" and showing, on reverse, fine "penang/p.o." double-ring d.s. in red. Rare, one of three known 1a. inter-settlement covers from Penang, one to Malacca and two to Singapore. (ID). Photo

provenance:
Spink Singapore auction, June 2000

Sold for
SG$17,000