Lot no. 1464

350 / September 2012

Condition

6

Catalogue no.Ind. 43, 49, 53

Opening4.000 €
Sold for6.200 €
1865, "B/109", octagonal marking, 3 strikes on India 1856/64, 2 a. yellow, 8 a. carmine and 1860, 8 p. mauve, all tied additionally with red Singapore merchant's chop, on letter sheet endorsed "Via Marseilles" to England with arrival mark of September 30 1865. A rare and delightful cover; only four covers recorded from Malakka bearing De La Rue stamps