Lot 1192
1897 3c on half of 5c blue, the Kuala Lipis manuscript provisional, divided diagonally with this being the left half, used...

Jeremy F. Watson Collection of British Commonwealth | 5947
Auction: 24 July 2023 at 11:00 BST
£780
Description
1897 3c on half of 5c blue, the Kuala Lipis manuscript provisional, divided diagonally with this being the left half, used on a front to Singapore. The front is scruffy, creased and stained; the stamp is tied by brownish R(aub) CDS and also by PANJOM MINING COMPANY LIMITED straight-line chop. Despite the issues, a rare commercial usage of these bisects. SG 18d

