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Date
1834
Description
LABUAN 1834 (13 July) envelope to Singapore, carried privately, showing two impressions, one fine, of "labuan" double-ring d.s. (Proud Type D1, earliest recorded date) and boxed "singapore/ship letter/bg" with manuscript "2as" inserted. Endorsement on inside flap comments "72 dollars being charged for bringing the store which came by the ´Rainbow´ from the beach to the store close by? - Ask Major Elphinstone to show you the Labuan agents abstract for June"; the envelope with repaired tear at upper left and some minor fox marks. Very rare, only a few examples recorded. Photo Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 provenance: Colonel J.R. Danson, June 1971
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9 marks9 other pre-1854 postal markings of Singapore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
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- Singapore FP 5handstampBlack1840–1855
- Singapore FP 6handstampBlack1854
- Singapore FP 7handstampBlack1840–1844
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About this Singapore pre stamp cover
COV-5533 is a Singapore pre stamp cover of 1834 bearing the Singapore FP 2 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Singapore postal history, Straits Settlements. What is a pre stamp cover?
LABUAN 1834 (13 July) envelope to Singapore, carried privately, showing two impressions, one fine, of "labuan" double-ring d.s. (Proud Type D1, earliest recorded date) and boxed "singapore/ship letter/bg" with manuscript "2as" inserted. Endorsement on inside flap comments "72 dollars being charged for bringing the store which came by the ´Rainbow´ from the beach to the store close by? - Ask Major Elphinstone to show you the Labuan agents abstract for June"; the envelope with repaired tear at upper left and some minor fox marks. Very rare, only a few examples recorded. Photo Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 provenance: Colonel J.R. Danson, June 1971
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink The "Walter Bickly" Collection of Labuan and North Borneo Stamps (Sale 11030) lot 1 (14 July 2011).
1 image of COV-5533 is recorded; the Singapore FP 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1834.
Questions about COV-5533
- What is COV-5533?
- COV-5533 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Singapore, Straits Settlements of 1834, bearing the Singapore FP 2 handstamp in black. LABUAN 1834 (13 July) envelope to Singapore, carried privately, showing two impressions, one fine, of "labuan" double-ring d.s. (Proud Type D1, earliest recorded date) and boxed "singapore/ship letter/bg" with manuscript "2as" inserted. Endorsement on inside flap comments "72 dollars being charged for bringing the store which came by the ´Rainbow´ from the beach to the store close by? - Ask Major Elphinstone to show you the Labuan agents abstract for June"; the envelope with repaired tear at upper left and some minor fox marks. Very rare, only a few examples recorded. Photo Estimate £ 6,000-8,000 provenance: Colonel J.R. Danson, June 1971
- How scarce is the Singapore FP 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Singapore FP 2 as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1834.
- What is the provenance of COV-5533?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink The "Walter Bickly" Collection of Labuan and North Borneo Stamps (Sale 11030) lot 1 (14 July 2011).
- When was COV-5533 posted?
- COV-5533 is dated 1834, within the recorded period of use of Singapore FP 2 (1834).
About this record
This 1834 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Singapore FP 2 handstamp of the Straits Settlements, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, The "Walter Bickly" Collection of Labuan and North Borneo Stamps (Sale 11030), lot 1, (14 July 2011).