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Auction: 25016 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 1316

(x) Malaya
Straits Settlements
India used in Singapore
1855 (May) entire (no side flaps) to Glasgow, marked "Via Southampton", bearing 1854 4a. blue and red 2nd. printing (2, from different sheets, both cut to shape) cancelled by diamond of hollow dots with one tied by "paid" d.s. (7.7) in red, showing framed "india paid" with, on reverse, framed "singapore/Bearing" d.s. in black struck in error and deleted, and "singapore/Paid" d.s. overstruck by arrival c.d.s.; the entire with some faults along folds though a rare and interesting franking. Photo

provenance:
Dr. Pichai Buranasombati, 2000

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

Estimate
£1,000 to £1,200

Starting price
£800