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Auction: 7033 - British Empire Stamps & Covers
Lot: 1228

x Labuan 1845 (20 Apr.) envelope from Calicut, India "via Madras" to Capt. Drinkwater-Bethune, R.N. at "Borneo Singapore" showing, on reverse, light "calicut/Paid" h.s. completed in manuscript for "4a" and "Ship Postage 2an", boxed "g.p.o." d.s and oval-framed "out station/madras/ship letter" d.s.; the addressee´s name expunged though a most unusual incoming cover to Lieut. Drinkwater-Bethune who was on a mission to the Sultan of Brunei and to Sir James Brooke Estimate £ 100-120

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