Auction 333-341 Western Australia & Great Britain - Day 3

1887: 2 d. grey-green & carmine, 1900 1 s. green & carmine, both with 'H & Co' perfin, in combination with 1902 King Edward VII 1 d. scarlet (SG 219), used on commercial envelope, from London to Batavia, Dutch West Indies (today Jakarta), dated 5 September 1902, cancelled by a London double circle in black. To the reverse a Weltevreden arrival squared circle in black (29 September 1902). Some creasing to envelope and staining. Otherwise fine and very rare. The 1 s. green & carmine is very rare on cover and in combination with King Edward VII adehsive a rarity with just seven recorded in the Karl Louis card index.