Auction 250 - 256 Day 3

Postage due 1900 (May 15): Incoming underpaid cover from Bombay to Port Said bearing QV definitive 1. a. brown-purple (Gi 88), three singles, the cover taxed and surcharge paid by 1889 1 pi. ultramarine and pair of 1889 3 m. on 2 pi. orange, tied by Port Said cds's (May 28), reverse with Aden Sea Post Office transit cds (May 19). Stamps with imperfections and cover with edge wear and aging, a rare item.rnProvenance: Collection Alan Jeyes.