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Auction: 19032 - India used in the Straits Settlements, The Tan Ah Ee Collection - Part 1
Lot: 26

1854 Lithograph Issue
Singapore
Covers
1857 (6 Mar.) envelope to Malacca, bearing 1a. red Die II with large margins, clearly cancelled "B/172" and showing, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring datestamp in red. Very rare, only four covers bearing 1854 issue recorded addressed to Malacca and this is the only one from Singapore. Photo

provenance:
Dr. Pichai Buranasombati, June 2000

Sold for
SG$22,000