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Auction: 24017 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia
Lot: 532

(x) The Lim Sa Bee Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
KLM
Fourth Experimental Flight Amsterdam - Batavia
1928 (2 Oct.) envelope from Utrecht to Rembang, franked at 85c.and showing arrival datestamp (28.10) on reverse; and 1923 (3 Oct.) postcard registered from Amsterdam to Soerabaja, franked at 60c. and showing arrival datestamp (27.10) on reverse

Note: The 4th experimental KLM flight to the Indies, piloted by Seaton in his Fokker F-7b, crashed during take-off at Rangoon on 16 October. Mail was re-routed respectively to Penang for westward and Singapore for southward conveyance by sea to destination.

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Sold for
£150

Starting price
£110