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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 535

(x) Straits Settlements
Postal Stationery Cards
1885 (7 Feb.) "three/cents" in black (large letters) on 4c. reddish brown, headed "The Westcoast of Atjeh 7 Feb", to Belgium, cancelled by Penang dumb cancel (Type K9) and additionally by "poss. angl./17/fevr/85/paq. fr. no. 7" octagonal d.s., via Penang (14.2) with "penang/paid" c.d.s. (PD6) and Singapore (16.2) with "singapore/paid" c.d.s. (PD11), taken by steamer from Djemnah to Marseilles (13.3), then overland to Brussels (14.3). A remarkable item. HG4b. Photo

provenance:
Yen Boon Swee, September 2018

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

Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£700