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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 28

Malayan Airmails
The Air Survey Company
1926 (17 Aug.) envelope flown on the final flight from Kuching to Singapore, franked at 4c. and tied by special "kuching/air mail" c.d.s. and showing arrival datestamp for 20th August on reverse. Rare, about 100 letters were carried, mostly business. Photo

Note: When the survey work ended in August 1926, the second pilot, Mr. Neville Vincent, decided to fly the plane back to Singapore. He left Sibu on August 17th and flew to Kuching, where he picked up a small amount of mail. He arrived at Singapore late on August 19th. No extra postage was charged.

Sold for
SG$800