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cover 1859 (21 Sept.) entire "Via Marseilles" to Glasgow, bearing 1856 white paper 4a. black (2, one bisected diagonally) both clearly cancelled and tied by "B/172" obliterators and showing, on reverse, "FORWARDED BY/MARTIN DYCE & CO/SINGAPORE" oval cachet, "SINGAPORE/P.O." double-ring d.s. in red and Glasgow c.d.s. for 11 November. R.P.S. Certificate (2001). S.G. Z76a, £16,000
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cover 1859 (21 Sept.) entire "Via Marseilles" to Glasgow, bearing 1856 white paper 4a. black (2, one bisected diagonally) both clearly cancelled and tied by "B/172" obliterators and showing, on reverse, "FORWARDED BY/MARTIN DYCE & CO/SINGAPORE" oval cachet, "SINGAPORE/P.O." double-ring d.s. in red and Glasgow c.d.s. for 11 November. R.P.S. Certificate (2001). S.G. Z76a, £16,000

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cover 1859 (21 Sept.) entire "Via Marseilles" to Glasgow, bearing 1856 white paper 4a. black (2, one bisected diagonally) both clearly cancelled and tied by "B/172" obliterators and showing, on reverse, "FORWARDED BY/MARTIN DYCE & CO/SINGAPORE" oval cachet, "SINGAPORE/P.O." double-ring d.s. in red and Glasgow c.d.s. for 11 November. R.P.S. Certificate (2001). S.G. Z76a, £16,000
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.