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Auction: 26020 - The Dr. Jon Higgins Collection of Labuan Queen's Heads and The Paul Barsdell Collection of Sarawak
Lot: 228

(x) Sarawak
1888-97 "postage & revenue" Issue
Combination Covers
1889 (23 July) envelope registered to New York bearing 2c. vertical strip of three placed sideways and tied by framed sarawak post office/registered letter/date", in combination with Straits Settlements 1882 8c. and 10c. pair tied by Singapore c.d.s. (25.7) with the 8c. additionally tied by remnants of red wax seal and showing Registered London oval transit d.s. (30.8). Attractive. Photo

provenance:
"Kuching", H.A Harmers Zurich, December 2006, Lot 1027
Spink auction, October 2024, Lot 3615

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

Estimate
£1,500 to £1,800