.jpg?w=1)
Details
cover 1867 (4 Jan.) entire to Singapore bearing ½a. blue clearly tied by "B/109" obliterator and showing framed "SINGAPORE/Bearing 1 Anna" (Type UP3) alongside with, on reverse, the extremely rare framed "MALACCA/SHIP LETTER/PAID" d.s. (Type SL2) in red across join. A major rarity, one of very few covers recorded from Malacca bearing Indian adhesives, and one of two covers known with this datestamp. Photo