Lot 50819 – 1862 (Feb 21) Entire from Galle to Singapore with 1857-59 1d blue strip of five (first stamp showing re-entry 5)

1862 (Feb 21) Entire from Galle to Singapore with 1857-59 1d blue strip of five (first stamp showing re-entry #5), cut into at foot, tied by barred circles, with “GALLE / POST PAID” despatch cds below, endorsed “per Behar” internally, very fine and scarce destination

Note: Illustrated in “The London Philatelist”, July 1967, in “The Postal Rates and Regulations of Ceylon” by Lawrence Shenfield