EARLY SIBU "T" COVER TO U.S.A. + RARE OFF-COVER RED PRINTED ...

Hammer

£550

EARLY SIBU "T" COVER TO U.S.A. + RARE OFF-COVER RED PRINTED "TO PAY" LABELS; 12 Nov. 1927 env. (scuff at top left well clear of marks and stamps) to USA with 1c+5c tied y fine "SIBU/SARAWAK" cds with further v. fine strike and matching fine large h.s. "T" mark on the front endorsed "1/20c", and so with pencil "Due 6[c]" on the front - rare early Postage Due cover from a village. Plus c.1920/30 pair of rare "G.P.O., KUCHING, SARAWAK" or "P.O. [Sibu] SARAWAK" red printed labels of different sizes; the first - closed tear - with m/s "24 [cents]" and the other with "Sibu" and "Eight[c]" in manuscript. [The latter label illustrated in Neville's Jan. 1991 'Stamp Mail'; article.] (3 items)Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA