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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 174

Malayan Airmails
KLM
First Medan - Amsterdam Flight
The first acceptance of Malayan mail for Great Britain and Europe via KLM first experimental flight Medan - Amsterdam via Penang (26 Oct.) by sea to Medan and air to Amsterdam (16 Nov.)
1928 (26 Oct.) envelope from Singapore to Zurich, marked "By Air Mail Medan - Amsterdam", franked at $1.32, showing "by air mail" etiquette with, on reverse, Penang (26.10) and Amsterdam (16.11) datestamps. Photo

Sold for
SG$1,700