Lot 347
Used to Straits Settlements: 1897 (7 Apr.) 1889 4d grey registered envelope (F format) from Port Elizabeth to Penang, Straits Settlements bearing 1884-90 ½d black, 1893-1902 1d carmine, and 1893-98 ¼d green (20 paying the single 2½d U.P.U. rate all tied by LAWRENCE ST AP 7 97 PORT ELIZABETH c.d.s. cancels, backstamped with arrival PENANG MY 01 97 c.d.s., violet institutional c.d.s. of 2 May 1897 on front. Very attractive., ex Dillaway. SG Quik & Yonkers R3A, SG 48, 59a, 61a.
Estimate $300 - 400
An extraordinarily rare destination compounded by use from the Lawrence Street sub-office in Port Elizabeth.
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