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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 175

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 (2 Nov.) "Field" 4c. stationery envelope registered from Penang to Birmingham, marked "By Air Mail Medan - Amsterdam", uprated $1.37 and cancelled by "eastern and oriental hotel/penang" double-ring d.s., showing provisional registration label, "by air mail" etiquette and, on reverse, Amsterdam (16.11) and arrival datestamps; the face panel with some stain spots. Photo

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SG$280