Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 183
Malayan Airmails
KLM
Amsterdam - Alor Star Regular Service
1931 (17 Dec.) Austria 10g. postcard (faults) from Vienna to Singapore, uprated 75g.; 1932 (30 May) envelope registered from South Africa to Sarawak via connection at Cairo, franked at 1/6d. and showing, on reverse, Cairo (8.6), Singapore (18.6) and arrival (22.6) datestamps; 1932 (30 Nov.) envelope from South Africa to Swatow, marked "Per Imperial Airways to Cairo, From Cairo per Dutch Airways to Batavia", franked at 1/9d., showing bi-lingual "Insufficiently paid for Air Mail beyond" in violet with "Alor Star" inserted and, on reverse, Cairo (7.12), Alor Star (16.12), Singapore (17.12) and arrival datestamps; and 1933 (25 Nov.) envelope from Nairobi to Singapore, marked "By IA & KLM", franked at 1s.15, showing bi-lingual "by air mail to___" in violet with manuscript "Alor Star" inserted and clear arrival datestamp (13.1) at lower left. A fine group of incoming covers
Sold for
SG$950