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Lot# 5170 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 5170 North Borneo

    1883: 2 c. red-brown, perf. 12, a horizontal pair used on 1884 cover to Sutton, Surrey (Mrs. Locke correspondence: see Wood's Malaya for a further cover and also the Tay Peng Hian and Patrick Cassell's covers), cancelled by oval barred obliterator with "ELOPURA" code A despatch cds in red below (Nov 18); in combination with Straits Settlements 1882 10 c. slate pair (Gi 53) applied for onward transmission tied by SINGAPORE cds in black with circular "PAID" handstamp below. Reverse with "Sutton / Surrey" cds in black. Minor flap fault of no significance, an extremely rare combination usage.rnProvenance: Collection Milo D. Rowell, Christie's Robson Lowe, London, 28 Oct 1992, lot 392.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 7,500 CHF