Lot 16
Straits Foreign Bill/Marine Policies; chops and other cancels




The Orchard Road Collection of Malaya Revenues | S26028
Auction: 29 October 19:00 SGT
Description
Foreign Bill and Marine Policies. Group of six Foreign Bill and eleven Marine Policies stamps, chosen to illustrate the range of chops and cancellations to be found on these issues. Includes the only known multiple, a vertical pair of the 72c Marine Policies cancelled by manuscript cross; also the only known example on piece, a 24c Marine Policies, with “B.C.L.” (Borneo Company Ltd) in blue
Footnote
No examples of either Foreign Bill or Marine Policies adhesives are known on any extant document




