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Auction: 26014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 5320

(x) Straits Settlements
Covers and Cancellations
1874 (22 Nov.) entire to Baden, marked "Via Marseille", bearing 1867-72 8c. orange and 32c. pale red tied by circle of squares and oval of bars, showing "singapore/paid" c.d.s., unframed "pd" and "poss.an.v.suez/paq.amb.mars" octagonal d.s.. all in red, with transit and arrival datestamps on reverse. A most attractive example of the double 20c. per ¼oz. rate via France. Photo

provenance:
Dr. Chua Eu Tiong, Spink Singapore, July 2005, Lot 232

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£650