Lot 707
707
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus bu… Read more
cover 1872 (Oct.) entire via Aden to Mauritius, bearing 1a. pair and 2a. twice cancelled by large part "RANGOON CANT RECG HOUSE/B/156" duplex with similar c.d.s. (only) in red and h.s. "6D/TO PAY" in blue alongside. Very rare and most attractive. The Receiving House c.d.s. believed to be the only known example. Photo

Details
cover 1872 (Oct.) entire via Aden to Mauritius, bearing 1a. pair and 2a. twice cancelled by large part "RANGOON CANT RECG HOUSE/B/156" duplex with similar c.d.s. (only) in red and h.s. "6D/TO PAY" in blue alongside. Very rare and most attractive. The Receiving House c.d.s. believed to be the only known example. Photo
Provenance
Gerald Davis, 1990
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.