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Auction: 26020 - The Dr. Jon Higgins Collection of Labuan Queen's Heads and The Paul Barsdell Collection of Sarawak
Lot: 15

Labuan
1880-82 Watermark Crown CC
Essay
The manuscript requisition, dated "2 jun 81", "For a Labuan Postage Stamp of the value of 8 cents the same colour as annexed Specimen. The Malay and Chinese characters as indicated at sides of specimen. 6000 of above required, A.H. Hamilton Postmaster". The annexed stamp was the 12c. carmine and affixed to the requisition is an outline proof of the necessary changes. Photo

provenance:

De La Rue archives, Robson Lowe, September 1976, Lot 780

"Walter Bickly", Spink, July 2011, Lot 21

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Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000