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Auction: 21014 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 118

Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Transit Mail
Sumatra
1821 (31 Oct.) entire letter from Dr. Willian Jack at Fort Marlborough, Bencoolen to his sister in Aberdeen, variously rated and showing two indistinct Ship Letter? handstamps, framed Additional "½", arrival datestamp (26.4) on face and a further datestamp (24.4) on reverse; the contents describe a trip to interior of Sumatra, to the headwaters of the Silebar River and a ceremony of welcome from the Sirawi tribe. A very rare early letter from the area. Photo

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