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Auction: 18051 - The Yen Boon Swee Collection of Straits Settlements Queen Victoria Postal Stationery
Lot: 1239

Straits Settlements Queen Victoria Postal Stationery
1894 3c. Carmine Reply Card with additional line added to heading (HG 21)
Used in Netherlands East Indies
1908 (23 May) 3c. carmine reply with added heading "Carte Postale-Reponse" in black, to Singapore, cancelled by "riouw" squared-circle d.s. with Singapore (25.5) and Kandang Kerbau (25.5) c.d.s. on front, redirected to Magelang, in central Java. One stamp removed, most likely by postal authority after discovering that the extra postage was unnecessary. Rare as the only one known. Photo

Sold for
SG$3,800