Lot 20991 – 1897 1c Postal stationery card with intaglio SILAM cancel in blue

1897 (Oct 10) 1c Postal stationery card to Germany uprated with 1894 3c tied by the extremely rare intaglio SILAM cancel in blue, written from Darvel Bay with Sandakan transit bs, minor faults, very rare with only a few examples of this cancel known

Note: Silam was an agricultural and experimental station near Darvel Bay that had a very short-lived post office. It opened in August 1897 and closed in December 1897.