cover 1855 (3 Oct.) entire docketed as from Batavia and addressed to San Francisco via Singapore and Hong Kong, marked "p. Janet Miller" , bearing 1854 4a. blue and red 4th. printing cut to shape pair cancelled by diamond of dots and tied by San Francisco arrival c.d.s. (14.3), showing framed "INDIA PAID", "SINGAPORE/P.O." transit c.d.s., f.a.c. of Jas. Stephenson in Hong Kong (crossed by filing crease), circular-framed "SHIP/6" and, on reverse, Hong Kong transit d.s. A very rare franking being one of three known examples of the 1854 issue used in Batavia. Photo
cover 1855 (3 Oct.) entire docketed as from Batavia and addressed to San Francisco via Singapore and Hong Kong, marked "p. Janet Miller" , bearing 1854 4a. blue and red 4th. printing cut to shape pair cancelled by diamond of dots and tied by San Francisco arrival c.d.s. (14.3), showing framed "INDIA PAID", "SINGAPORE/P.O." transit c.d.s., f.a.c. of Jas. Stephenson in Hong Kong (crossed by filing crease), circular-framed "SHIP/6" and, on reverse, Hong Kong transit d.s. A very rare franking being one of three known examples of the 1854 issue used in Batavia. Photo
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