Lot 55
Straits Revenues 1863 provisional handstamps on India 1a




The Orchard Road Collection of Malaya Revenues | S26028
Auction: 29 October 19:00 SGT
Description
Revenues. 1863 provisional handstamps on India 1a Postage, examples showing the three types, with lettering “S.S” 9mm (creased, no gum), 7mm (mint, streaky dried gum) and 5mm (used with manuscript cancel). Also an example of the 7mm lettering on 1 FEB 1863 receipt, uncancelled but tied by some of the slight staining affecting the document. Few are known, with usage apparently confined to Singapore in the early months of 1863. McClellan Q1




