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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 586

(x) Netherlands Indies
1875 (22 March) 5c. postal stationery card to Batavia, with framed "specimen" handstamp, "66" in rhomboid of dots cancellation, "veldpostk-atjeh" and Weldtevreden And datestamps alongside, also another card similarly cancelled but without the Specimen handstamp; a few minor faults but a rare pair. The cards with the "Specimen" handstamp were distributed free to Expedition troops but were quickly used.

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Estimate
£250 to £300

Starting price
£180