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Auction: 18051 - The Yen Boon Swee Collection of Straits Settlements Queen Victoria Postal Stationery
Lot: 1003

Straits Settlements Queen Victoria Postal Stationery
1879 3c. Blue Card (HG 1)
1879 (22 Nov) 3c. blue to Germany, cancelled by Singapore bamboo type cancel, showing "singapore/paid" c.d.s. in red (PD9, more than 1 month later than recorded); arrival Hamburg 19.12 c.d.s; and octagonal "poss. an./paq. fr. an. n 1"d.s. for 23 November applied on board S/S "Ava" on way to Marseilles; one of the earliest usages. The 3c cards, for transmission via Marseilles, were advertised for sale on 25 September 1879. Very fine. Photo

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SG$550