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Auction: 1015 - The "Stolz" Collection of the Postal History of British SE Asia
Lot: 1711

Labuan 1882 (17 July) 4c. green card (1881 issue), written by Father Jackson, to Hull, cancelled by circle of dots (Type K1) and with superb "labuan" c.d.s. (Type D4, the earliest recorded date of use) below; fine. Photo Estimate S$ 1,000-1,200 Note: Father Jackson´s first appointment was as a Chaplain to the armed forces in the Afghan War of 1880-81. He arrived in Labuan in August 1881. He founded the Mill Hill Mission in Borneo and spent many years raising funds for it provenance: Milo D. Rowell, October 1992

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SG$1,000