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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 522

(x) Straits Settlements
1867 (1 Sept.) Surcharged on Stamps of India
Mail to China
1867 (Sept.) front and one back flap from Singapore to Amoy, marked "Per Str Behar", bearing uncancelled 1½c. on ½a. (3, two with faults) and 2c. on 1a., showing "singapore/p.o." double-ring d.s. in black, blue crayon "4" (deleted) with red manuscript "4" alongside, fine "hong kong/paid" c.d.s. in red (18.9) with Hong Kong d.s. on reverse. B.P.A. Certificate (not present). Photo

Note: The vendor proposes that the stamps were not cancelled and received a blue "4" in manuscript because the postal clerk was unfamiliar with these stamps which were in their first week of issue. When the letter arrived in Hong Kong in transit, this error was noticed by the postal clerk there and the manuscript "4" in blue was struck out and replaced by a red manuscript "4" as a "paid" letter.

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Sold for
£2,300

Starting price
£1000