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Auction: 20026 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 1092

Ceylon
Covers
1860 (Mar.) double rate entire from Colombo to Glasgow, marked "Via Southampton", bearing 1857-59 white paper 6d. deep brown (2, close to large margins nearly all round, one showing portion of adjoining stamp at left), neatly cancelled by oval of bars and showing, on reverse, "colombo/post-paid" c.d.s. in red and arrival d.s. (20.4) across flap; the entire with crease at top right affecting both adhesives. A scarce franking. R.P.S. Certificate (2018). Photo

provenance:
R.C. Agabeg, May 1982

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Sold for
£750

Starting price
£650