Lot 334
India Used in Sarawak 1860 8a cover to the UK




Stamps & Covers of Asia | SGS26029
Auction: 15 December 2026, 16:00 SGT | 8:00 GMT
Description
1860 (5 Nov.) envelope to the Rev. F. C. Johnson, Ilminster UK bearing East India 8a. carmine (Die I) tied by "B172" obliterator, with fine "POST OFFICE/SARAWAK" handstamp at lower left and manuscript "11/5/60" endorsement. Reverse showing red Singapore transit datestamp ("2? NOV") and the pencil initials found on all covers from this period. A wonderful and very early cover from Sarawak, addressed to the brother-in-law of the 1st Rajah, Sir James Brooke, father of Sir Charles Brooke, later 2nd Rajah. Included in the lot is a photograph of a sister cover sent the same day to his wife Emma Johnson (née Brooke), the 1st Rajah's sister.
Footnote
Ex Symes, Robson Lowe, 27 October 1971, lot 1012, and offered with the original invoice, lot card, catalogue page and correspondence from Robson Lowe to the original buyer.




