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Auction: 26020 - The Dr. Jon Higgins Collection of Labuan Queen's Heads and The Paul Barsdell Collection of Sarawak
Lot: 160

(x) Sarawak
"post office/sarawak" Handstamp
1858 (9 Dec.) small envelope "pr Water Lily" to Singapore, showing a superb strike of the rare "post office/sarawak" double-ring handstamp with manuscript date in red ink. A magnificent exhibition showpiece and one of the great rarities of Sarawak postal history. One of only five pre-stamp covers known with this handstamp. Unrecorded in Forrester-Wood. Photo

provenance:
"Sentosa", Spink Singapore, August 2015, Lot 1524

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

Estimate
£10,000 to £12,000