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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 15

(x) Burma
Bengal Obliterators
Bassein
1871 (9 Aug.) envelope to Hamburg, marked "Via Trieste", bearing 8p. and 4a. sharing sender's cachet and both cancelled "B/12" (Type K2, latest recorded date) in blue, showing "bassien/p.o." double-ring d.s. (Type D3; the only recorded date) in red alongside, blue crayon "10" with, on reverse, Calcutta and arrival c.d.s. on reverse. Rare and attractive. Photo

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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£850