Lot 130
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cover 1858 (16 June) entire letter to Stockholm, marked "Via Trieste", bearing 4a. black pair on blue glazed paper (some clipped perfs and affixed inverted) tied by light "B/172" and some extraneous blue ink, showing framed "INDIA PAID" in red, boxed "6¼" in blue, manuscript "3" and "3¼" in blue ink and, on reverse, "SINGAPORE/P.O." c.d.s. in red. A scarce franking illustrating the 8a. rate to Alexandria. Photo
cover 1858 (16 June) entire letter to Stockholm, marked "Via Trieste", bearing 4a. black pair on blue glazed paper (some clipped perfs and affixed inverted) tied by light "B/172" and some extraneous blue ink, showing framed "INDIA PAID" in red, boxed "6¼" in blue, manuscript "3" and "3¼" in blue ink and, on reverse, "SINGAPORE/P.O." c.d.s. in red. A scarce franking illustrating the 8a. rate to Alexandria. Photo

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cover 1858 (16 June) entire letter to Stockholm, marked "Via Trieste", bearing 4a. black pair on blue glazed paper (some clipped perfs and affixed inverted) tied by light "B/172" and some extraneous blue ink, showing framed "INDIA PAID" in red, boxed "6¼" in blue, manuscript "3" and "3¼" in blue ink and, on reverse, "SINGAPORE/P.O." c.d.s. in red. A scarce franking illustrating the 8a. rate to Alexandria. Photo