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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 203

Malayan Airmails
Lufthansa
1936 (10 Mar.) envelope from Kuala Lumpur to Argentina, marked "Dutch Air Mail K.L.M.", franked at 57c. (normal rate to Europe, no extra charge), showing circular "deutsche luftpost/europa - südamerika" cachet in red and, on reverse, Berlin (18.3), Buenos Aires (22.3) and arrival datestamps; the envelope with some light stains and part of flap missing. The only Malayan cover recorded flown by Lufthansa and Condor. Photo

Note: The route this cover took was by KLM to Amsterdam connecting with flight to Berlin. Then DLH flight L141 from Stuttgart to Bathurst, from Bathurst by German catapult service to Natal (Brazil), then by "Condor" service to Buenos Aires and surface to destination.

Sold for
SG$4,200