cover 1855 (3 Oct.) entire docketed as from Batavia and addressed to San Francisco via Singapore and Hong Kong, marked "p. Janet Miller", bearing 1854 4a. blue and red 4th. printing cut to shape pair cancelled by diamond of dots and tied by San Francisco arrival c.d.s. (14.3), showing framed "INDIA PAID", "SINGAPORE/P.O." transit c.d.s., f.a.c. of Jas. Stephenson in Hong Kong (crossed by filing crease), circular-framed "SHIP/6" and, on reverse, Hong Kong transit d.s. A very rare franking being one of three known examples of the 1854 issue used in Batavia. Photo | Christie's

Lot 729

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cover 1855 (3 Oct.) entire docketed as from Batavia and addressed to San Francisco via Singapore and Hong Kong, marked "p. Janet Miller", bearing 1854 4a. blue and red 4th. printing cut to shape pair cancelled by diamond of dots and tied by San Francisco arrival c.d.s. (14.3), showing framed "INDIA PAID", "SINGAPORE/P.O." transit c.d.s., f.a.c. of Jas. Stephenson in Hong Kong (crossed by filing crease), circular-framed "SHIP/6" and, on reverse, Hong Kong transit d.s. A very rare franking being one of three known examples of the 1854 issue used in Batavia. Photo

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Mail from Batavia

cover 1855 (3 Oct.) entire docketed as from Batavia and addressed to San Francisco via Singapore and Hong Kong, marked "p. Janet Miller", bearing 1854 4a. blue and red 4th. printing cut to shape pair cancelled by diamond of dots and tied by San Francisco arrival c.d.s. (14.3), showing framed "INDIA PAID", "SINGAPORE/P.O." transit c.d.s., f.a.c. of Jas. Stephenson in Hong Kong (crossed by filing crease), circular-framed "SHIP/6" and, on reverse, Hong Kong transit d.s. A very rare franking being one of three known examples of the 1854 issue used in Batavia. Photo

Details

cover 1855 (3 Oct.) entire docketed as from Batavia and addressed to San Francisco via Singapore and Hong Kong, marked "p. Janet Miller", bearing 1854 4a. blue and red 4th. printing cut to shape pair cancelled by diamond of dots and tied by San Francisco arrival c.d.s. (14.3), showing framed "INDIA PAID", "SINGAPORE/P.O." transit c.d.s., f.a.c. of Jas. Stephenson in Hong Kong (crossed by filing crease), circular-framed "SHIP/6" and, on reverse, Hong Kong transit d.s. A very rare franking being one of three known examples of the 1854 issue used in Batavia. Photo

Provenance

E.E. Yates, 1939
Lt. Col. L.T. Rose-Hutchinson, 1949
Admiral G.C. Dyer, 1984

Special notice

GST is payable on the hammer price of all lots delivered in Singapore. Lots delivered by Spink outside Singapore to non-Singapore residents are not subject to GST.