Lot no. 185

1 shilling slate-violet, 3 single stamps, one clear to good margins, the other two slightly touched to wide margins, together with 6 d. purple-brown with good to wide margins all around, tied by oval of bars to double-rate letter sheet, backstamped "COLOMBO POST-PAID FE 29 1860" to London with arrival mark on front; the stamps lifted for inspection and replaced; a marvelous letter, certificates Philatelic foundation (1975) and RPS (1999). Provenance: Baron de Worms (1938) Shanahan Auction (1958) Lawrence Shenfield (1975) Joseph Hackmey (2009)