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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: 163

Straits Settlements
1867-72 Issue
Mail to France
1872 (4 Aug.) envelope from Singapore to Nantes, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 24c. yellow-green cancelled by small circle of bars and tied by large circular firm's chop in red of the French Consulate (another strike on reverse), showing "singapore/paid" c.d.s., very light French Maritime octagonal d.s. and framed "p.d.", all in red, and unframed "pd" in black with arrival datestamp on reverse; the 24c. with light vertical crease due to original enclosure. (CJS). Photo

provenance:
Howard Selzer, November 1986

Sold for
SG$650