cover FAR EAST: 1843-54 E.L. from Batavia (4, one with boxed "INDIA LETTER/HASTINGS", one with forwarding endorsement at Amsterdam and another showing "ALEXANDRIA" British P.O. c.d.s. and circular "PURIFIE AU LAZARET/MALTE"), Manila (carried privately), Singapore with boxed d.s. "SINGAPORE/Bearing", and Melbourne, with faint "PAID' d.s. (7)