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Auction: 4010 - Stamps & Covers of South East Asia inc the Dr Cheah Way Mun Collection of Perak
Lot: 836

LABUAN Covers and Cancellations 1882 (17 July) 4c. green card (1881 issue) to Hull, cancelled by circle of dots handstamp and with superb "labuan" c.d.s. (D4) alongside; the message written by father Thomas Jackson who arrived in Labuan in August 1881. Very fine. Photo Estimate S$ 5,000-7,000 Note: Father Jackson first appointment was as a Chaplain to the armed forces in the Afghan War of 1880-81. He founded the Mill Hill Mission in Borneo and spent many years raising funds for it provenance: Commander Malcolm Burnett, 1984

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SG$3,200