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