Lot 1529
1529
cover 5c. on ½c. showing variety surcharge inverted cancelled by violet Tientsin handstamp on 1901 (3 May) envelope to Capt. Cooper of the 1st. Sikhs at Tartar City, Peking and bearing QV ½a. tied by light F.P.O. 20 c.d.s. (Type 50) with F.P.O. 7 d.s. (Type 54) on reverse; the envelope with light central vertical fold. Very rare. S.G. BR133a, £2500+. Photo
cover 5c. on ½c. showing variety surcharge inverted cancelled by violet Tientsin handstamp on 1901 (3 May) envelope to Capt. Cooper of the 1st. Sikhs at Tartar City, Peking and bearing QV ½a. tied by light F.P.O. 20 c.d.s. (Type 50) with F.P.O. 7 d.s. (Type 54) on reverse; the envelope with light central vertical fold. Very rare. S.G. BR133a, £2500+. Photo

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cover 5c. on ½c. showing variety surcharge inverted cancelled by violet Tientsin handstamp on 1901 (3 May) envelope to Capt. Cooper of the 1st. Sikhs at Tartar City, Peking and bearing QV ½a. tied by light F.P.O. 20 c.d.s. (Type 50) with F.P.O. 7 d.s. (Type 54) on reverse; the envelope with light central vertical fold. Very rare. S.G. BR133a, £2500+. Photo