Lot 40770 – 1865 Cover front from Labuan to London, posted on

1865 Cover front from Labuan to London, posted on January 17th and arrived on March 7th, bears a clear strike of the very rare POST OFFICE / SARAWAK handstamp (Proud PS1: £5’000) with date in ms inside, franking consists of two India 4a black cancelled by the rare diamond of bars hs (Proud K1: £6’000) and in Singapore with the B/172 octagonal, cover carried by P&O ss “Carnatic” from Singapore (21 Jan) to Galle (27 Jan), transshipped to the ss “Bangal”, which left Feb 1 arriving in Suez Feb 15, then overland to Alexandria for ss Syria” which left of Feb 19, arrival in Southampton on March 7, top item bearing two of the rarest postmarks of Borneo