Stamp Collector

AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

Spink’s sale of the Stamps and Covers of South East Asia included an 1895 Straits Settlements registered envelope embossed proof on card with the surround handpainted in rose-lilac and with value and lettering. Dated March 1895 the proof of the head design features in pencil on reverse ‘25/3/95 Essay’ and was described as ‘unique and most attractive’.

SOLD FOR £4,800

The sale of the James P. Myerson Collection of Superb United

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