Lot 1640
1640
cover 1901 (9 Mar.) long envelope (220x102mm) to Vienna bearing, on the reverse, 1898 10pf. carmine (2) with unoverprinted Germania 20pf. blue used in combination with Straits Settlements 1892-99 8c. bright blue pair, each cancelled by a good strike of the code "b" "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST-/ASIATISCHE/HAUPTLINIE" c.d.s. with the arrival c.d.s. in bright blue alongside. A scarce and desirable combination
East Asia Line
cover 1901 (9 Mar.) long envelope (220x102mm) to Vienna bearing, on the reverse, 1898 10pf. carmine (2) with unoverprinted Germania 20pf. blue used in combination with Straits Settlements 1892-99 8c. bright blue pair, each cancelled by a good strike of the code "b" "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST-/ASIATISCHE/HAUPTLINIE" c.d.s. with the arrival c.d.s. in bright blue alongside. A scarce and desirable combination

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cover 1901 (9 Mar.) long envelope (220x102mm) to Vienna bearing, on the reverse, 1898 10pf. carmine (2) with unoverprinted Germania 20pf. blue used in combination with Straits Settlements 1892-99 8c. bright blue pair, each cancelled by a good strike of the code "b" "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST-/ASIATISCHE/HAUPTLINIE" c.d.s. with the arrival c.d.s. in bright blue alongside. A scarce and desirable combination