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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 530

(x) Straits Settlements
1867-72 First Permanent Issue
Mail to France
1878 (May) envelope from Deli, Sumatra to Paris, bearing 2c. (3, one defective) and 6c. (faded), two 2c. crossed by sender's chop in blue and all tied by poor "B/172" obliterator, showing light "singapore/paid" c.d.s. (19.5) in red, octagonal-framed "poss. angl./paq. fr. n no 8" d.s. (20.5) in black and, on reverse, Marseilles to Lyon T.P.O. d.s.; part of flap missing and some stained perfs. A rare cover originating in the Dutch East Indies. Photo

provenance:
Dr. F.E. Wood, December 1964
Tay Peng Hian, November 1986

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£420

Starting price
£420