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Auction: 18051 - The Yen Boon Swee Collection of Straits Settlements Queen Victoria Postal Stationery
Lot: 1085

Straits Settlements Queen Victoria Postal Stationery
1886 1c. Local Reply Card (HG 7)
The Annual Report of the Postal Department of the Straits Settlements for the year 1886, gave the introduction date for the 3 cents as well as the 1 cent reply cards as January 1886, instead of 1885, as listed in the Higgins & Gage catalogue
1898 (2 Feb.) 1c green reply card addressed to Hotel d' Europe, Singapore, cancelled by Singapore c.d.s., and the reply half cancelled by Singapore c.d.s. (5.2) back to sender, indicating proper use of reply half. Scarce

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