Lot 2
Straits Settlements 1844 incoming entire from London with SINGAPORE SHIP LETTER Bearing datestamp




The Former Singapore Philatelic Museum | Part 1: Queen Victoria | S24002
Auction: 28 March 2024 at 13:00 GMT
£576
Description
1844 (16 AU) incoming entire from London to a Captain in the 27th Regiment of Madras Sepoys, Malacca, and readdressed on arrival to Penang, endorsed “Via Southampton and Calcutta” with red Maltese Cross despatch ds alongside, backstamped with “BOMBAY / SHIP LETTER / Bearing” and “SINGAPORE / SHIP LETTER / Bearing” (Proud type SL1) boxed datestamps; slight edge wear still fine and rare.




