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Auction: 18051 - The Yen Boon Swee Collection of Straits Settlements Queen Victoria Postal Stationery
Lot: 1086

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
German Maritime Mail
1890 (16 June) 1c. green reply card used from Shanghai to Singapore, cancelled by "deutsche seepost/ost-/asiatische/hauptlinie" c.d.s. with code "c". The card was posted at Shanghai and taken by "Braunschweig" to Singapore. The canceller "c" was first introduced in 1889 on "Dresden". Vertical crease otherwise fine. Photo

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SG$480