Lot 162
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cover 1862 (Jan.) entire from Singapore to Boston, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 1856 1a. brown, 8a. carmine pair and 1860 8p. purple bisected diagonally, all tied by "B/172" obliterators, showing manuscript "1/10" in red ink, London Paid transit c.d.s. (25.2), "16/CENTS" accountancy h.s., "BOSTON. AM. PKT./5" d.s. and, on reverse, light "SINGAPORE/P.O." c.d.s. in red. A magnificent franking of the highest quality. One of two recorded 8p. bisect covers in private hands. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). Photo
cover 1862 (Jan.) entire from Singapore to Boston, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 1856 1a. brown, 8a. carmine pair and 1860 8p. purple bisected diagonally, all tied by "B/172" obliterators, showing manuscript "1/10" in red ink, London Paid transit c.d.s. (25.2), "16/CENTS" accountancy h.s., "BOSTON. AM. PKT./5" d.s. and, on reverse, light "SINGAPORE/P.O." c.d.s. in red. A magnificent franking of the highest quality. One of two recorded 8p. bisect covers in private hands. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). Photo

Details
cover 1862 (Jan.) entire from Singapore to Boston, marked "Via Marseilles", bearing 1856 1a. brown, 8a. carmine pair and 1860 8p. purple bisected diagonally, all tied by "B/172" obliterators, showing manuscript "1/10" in red ink, London Paid transit c.d.s. (25.2), "16/CENTS" accountancy h.s., "BOSTON. AM. PKT./5" d.s. and, on reverse, light "SINGAPORE/P.O." c.d.s. in red. A magnificent franking of the highest quality. One of two recorded 8p. bisect covers in private hands. B.P.A. Certificate (1988). Photo
Provenance
E.E. Yates, 1939
"Rajah", 1988