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Auction: 4010 - Stamps & Covers of South East Asia inc the Dr Cheah Way Mun Collection of Perak
Lot: 859

LABUAN Covers and Cancellations 1897 (22 Feb.) OHMS envelope, complete with Avis De Reception form, registered to London and redirected to Ohio, U.S.A., showing Labuan c.d.s. (D5) and oval-framed "R" in deep bluish ink, "registered/No" handstamp and two London Registered oval d.s. (one in red), all on face, New York transit oval d.s. in red on reverse. Rare and full of character. Photo Estimate S$ 1,000-1,200 Note: The cover was sent by the Postmaster of Labuan, Walter W. Boyd, enclosing the form and requesting acknowledgement of receipt of a letter to the Very Rev. Thomas Jackson, Prefect Apostolic of Labuan and founder of the Mill Hill Mission there and in North Borneo

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SG$1,900