Lot 8
Straits Settlements SG Z66 1855 cover from Singapore to Switzerland with India 4a pair




The Former Singapore Philatelic Museum | Part 1: Queen Victoria | S24002
Auction: 28 March 2024 at 13:00 GMT
£14,400
Description
1855 (21 Apr) entire from Singapore to Switzerland, endorsed “via Trieste” and franked at 8a rate by India 1854 4a blue and red (Head Die II, Frame Die I) horizontal pair (outer frameline touched at left and top), cancelled by diamond of hollow dots, with various rate markings and blue sender's cachet on face, and partial blue arrival cds on reverse; the entire a little worn along folds, nevertheless an attractive and very rare franking. Ex Spink Singapore (24 Jun 2000, lot 72).




