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Auction: 26014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 5258

(x) Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Singapore
1830 (7 May) entire letter from Malacca to Macao showing, on reverse, fine framed "singapore/p.o." datestamp in black for 13 May. Very rare, only four examples recorded. Photo

provenance:
Cmdt. Smith
Charles Taylor, London and Brighton, May 1981, Lot 34
Tay Peng Hian, Feldman, November 1986, Lot 60033
David Springbett, Christie's, Singapore, March 1994, Lot 628
V.T. Nathan, Spink, April 2009, Lot 17

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

Estimate
£5,000 to £6,000

Starting price
£4000