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Auction: 21116 - The Bernard Lardner Collection of Sarawak Revenue and Telegraph Stamps - eAuction
Lot: 536

Receipt
1880 Second Issue
Document
1897 (13 Dec.) Indenture No. 403 concerning land in Kuching, signed by Rajah Sir Charles Brooke and stamped with his seal leasing land for 900 years; some horizontal folds otherwise in very fine condition. Rare

Note: Bills and invoices bearing Receipt stamps are not known to have survived. Land sold by the Rajahs in the 19th and early 20th centuries appear not to have borne Receipt stamps, the Rajah's seal alone legalising transactions.

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£130

Starting price
£110