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Auction: 26014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 5267

(x) Straits Settlements
India used in Penang
1856 (24 Sept.) entire letter to Marseilles, bearing 4a. 4th printing with good to large margins, centrally cancelled "B/147", showing Marseilles entry c.d.s. in red and handstruck "10" (decimes) alongside and, on reverse, "penang/p.o." c.d.s. in red. Extremely rare, we record only one other cover recorded bearing a 4a. (cut-to-shape) cancelled "B/147". Association of Singapore Philatelists Certificate (2013). Photo

provenance:
Charles Taylor, London & Brighton, May 1981, Lot 109
"Stoltz", Spink Singapore, September 2010, Lot 1034

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Estimate
£20,000 to £25,000

Starting price
£16000