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Auction: 1015 - The "Stolz" Collection of the Postal History of British SE Asia
Lot: 1768

North Borneo Sandakan 1891 (6 Apr.) OHMS envelope "On Money Order Business" to Germany, showing superb large double-ring "post office/Coat of Arms/sandakan" cachet alongside equally fine "sandakan" c.d.s. (Type D4), both in red, the reverse with Singapore (14.4) and Erfurt (9.5) c.d.s.; a rare and most unusual cover. Photo Estimate S$ 1,000-1,200 Note: North Borneo joined the U.P.U. on 1 January 1891. Under U.P.U. regulations letters on Post Office business were free of postage

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