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Auction: 24029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 5751

Great Britain
Used Abroad
1892 (14 Oct.) envelope from Sarawak addressed to John Neville Keynes at Cambridge, showing "sarawak" c.d.s. (Type D2) in violet, bearing 1887-92 3d. applied and cancelled in London by hooded datestamp (14.11) and showing, on reverse, Singapore (17.10) and arrival (14.11) datestamps. A most attractive and unique franking. R.P.S. Certificate (1971). Photo

Note: the GB 3d. stamp equates to about 8 cents, the correct mail rate to the UK (3 cents Sarawak plus 5c. Straits stamps.

John Keynes became Mayor of Cambridge and was the father of John Maynard Keynes the famous economist.

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Estimate
£8,000 to £10,000

Starting price
£6000