1854 Lithograph Issue Singapore Covers 1856 (17 May) entire to Canton, marked "p St Norma", bearing 4a. blue and red cut to shape and overlapped by well-margined 1a. red Die II pair, each tied by very fine "B/172" obliterator, showing red crayon "8d", framed "india paid" and, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring datestamp in red and Hong Kong transit c.d.s. (23.5); small triangular portion of entire at top neatly cut out. A very fine franking paying the short-lived 6 annas per 1oz. rate to Hong Kong and more importantly the earliest known "B/172" cover in private hands. Association of Singapore Philatelists Certificate (2013). Photo provenance: David Springbett, March 1994
1854 Lithograph Issue Singapore Covers 1856 (17 May) entire to Canton, marked "p St Norma", bearing 4a. blue and red cut to shape and overlapped by well-margined 1a. red Die II pair, each tied by very fine "B/172" obliterator, showing red crayon "8d", framed "india paid" and, on reverse, "singapore/p.o." double-ring datestamp in red and Hong Kong transit c.d.s. (23.5); small triangular portion of entire at top neatly cut out. A very fine franking paying the short-lived 6 annas per 1oz. rate to Hong Kong and more importantly the earliest known "B/172" cover in private hands. Association of Singapore Philatelists Certificate (2013). Photo provenance: David Springbett, March 1994
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