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Auction: 1015 - The "Stolz" Collection of the Postal History of British SE Asia
Lot: 1735

North Borneo Jesselton G.P.O. 1949 (21 Oct.) envelope to England bearing, on reverse, 1947 15c. and 20c. pair cancelled with Type D33 c.d.s., the mail stolen and recovered, and reposted on 21 November with a typed explanatory note, inscribed "Recovered from stolen mail for Singapore on 23 October, 1949.", affixed above the adhesives and tied by a further Type D33 c.d.s. Photo Estimate S$ 400-500

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SG$2,000