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Auction: 24030 - Stamps and Covers of the World
Lot: 3997

Sarawak
Revenue Stamps and Documents
The Mike Tanner Collection
Revenue
Crown Colony
1946 (21 June) typed Government Payment Voucher for coolie hire while unloading goods, bearing 1934 3c. tied with straight-line handstamp; 1948 (18 May) Charge (Mortgage) on property in Kuching bearing 1934 $4 strip of three (one with punch hole) tied by light oval handstamp with manuscript date; 1948 (15 July) Deed Transfer of property in Kuching bearing 1934 $3, $4 and $5 (8, two with a punch hole) mostly tied by light oval handstamps and manuscript initials; and 1948 (11 Dec.) Deed of Transfer of property in Kuching bearing pre-punched 1934 50c. and $3 (both also with filing punch hole) and pre-punched $4 (6, two also with filing punch hole) tied by oval Kuching handstamps and with manuscript initials. The last two documents suggest that the Kuching authorities began to use revenue stamps pre-punched with large holes as a security measure between July and December 1948

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Estimate
£100 to £120