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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 61

Malayan Airmails
The RAF Survey Flights
1930 Cruise of Sarawak and North Borneo
1930 (5 July) 4c. stationery card carried on the sixth and final stage from Kuching to Singapore, marked "Per R.A.F.Flying Boat S1419", uprated 15c., showing "by air mail" label and, on reverse, clear arrival datestamp for 7 July; also Post Office Mails List for Kuching on 5 July. Rare, 5 postcards, 182 registered and 167 ordinary letters carried. Photo

Note: On July 6th S1419 and S1149 left Kuching and flew to their base at Seletar, just outside Singapore. An additional air mail fee of 10 cents per ½ ounce was charged.

Sold for
SG$550