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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 30

Malayan Airmails
The Air Survey Company
1926 (21 Aug.) commercial envelope flown from Singapore to Port Swettenham, marked "By air mail on Monday", franked at 4c. and clearly tied by "singapore/h" double-ring d.s. and showing, on reverse, arrival datestamp for 23rd August. Rare, a total of about 100 covers flown of which this is one of seven commercial recorded. Photo

Note: Mr. Neville Vincent flew from Singapore on August 23rd. The plane arrived at Port Swettenham at midday and the mail then went by train to Kuala Lumpur arriving at 2pm. the same day.

Sold for
SG$2,200