379th Auction

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS – HAMBURG: 1857, letter sheet to Hamburg, franked with India 1855, 4 a. black on bluish in horizontal pair, tied by octagonal "B/172" with corresponding red "SINGAPORE P.O." on reverse. On front boxed Trieste tax mark "6 ¼" groschen, for the conveyance from Alexandria to Hamburg, to be paid by the recipient and noted on front as "8 ½" Hamburg currency. A very fine and rare entire.

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS-NETHERLANDS, 1860, letter sheet from Singapore, prepaid until Alexandria with India 1855, 8 annas carmine on bluish, cancelled by indistinct "B172" with matching red "SINGAPORE GPO 17…1860" on reverse; on front manuscript "1/-" for the prepayment till Alexandria. In Trieste charged with "6" (groschen) for the conveyance till the Dutch border and in Rotterdam with a total of "50" cents total postage due, to be paid by the recipient. The stamp affected by light cover crease and part of lower back flap missing, otherwise very fine. A scarce entire with unusual destination.

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS - SWITZERLAND, 1871, cover from Penang, part-paid till Alexandria with 1867/72, 12 c. blue, tied by sender's cachet and duplex "D17/PENANG NO 28 71" with adjacent boxed "VIA TRIEST". In Switzerland additionally taxed with "40" centimes in blue crayon to be paid by the recipient. Fine and scarce