Malaya Straits Settlements 1941 Postal Meter Mark

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GENERAL INFORMATION

State

Straits Settlements

Country

Malaya

Type

Postal Cover

Class

Definitive / Regular Issues

Front Inscription

MALAYA | STRAITS SETTLEMENTS | U.6 | 15 cents

Face Value

15 Cent

Issued Date

07/06/1941

Postmark

07/06/1941

Postmark Town

Singapore

Gum

No Gum

IN COLLECTION CONDITION

Preliminary

Normal

Condition

Used With Postmark - Very Fine

CATALOG INFORMATION

CD3.A

International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog

Malaya Straits Settlements 1941 Postal Meter Mark

Malaya Straits Settlements 1941 Postal Meter Mark

Recipient's Address

The Manager,

The Banque Cantonale de Berne,

Bienne

Now know as Berne Kantonalbank (BEKB/BCBE). Cantonal banks are Swiss governmental-owned commercial banks, that use the canton that they are based in as guarantee for the assets held there.

Sender

Nederlandsche

Handel-Maatschappij, N. V.

(Netherlands Trading Society)

Agency Singapore

The Netherlands Trading Society was a Dutch trading company established in 1824 by King Willem I of the Netherlands to promote and develop trade, shipping and agriculture.

NHM opened a branch in Singapore in 1858. The Singapore branch of Netherlands Trading Society (Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij), one of the primary ancestors of ABN AMRO bank, situated at junction of Cecil Street and D'Almeida Street.

Meter Stamp

SINGAPORE

7 VI 41

MALAYA

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS

*015 CENTS

U.6

PASSED BY

CENSOR 247

A

Stamped on Reverse

PASSED BY

CENSOR 247

A

Postmark on Reverse

SATGON-CENTRAL
28
JUIN
10H50
41
COCHINGH NE

Description

CD3. Universal "Multi-Value" (MV), 1936

Simulated perforation outer border.

MALAYA at top, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS at bottom below meter number.

Meter number prefix U

TM: DC

Catalog Information: CD3.a Value figures 7 mm tall.

Postal value: 15 Cents (¢)

Cover size: 155 x 126 (mm)

Meter stamp size: 26 x 29.5 (mm)

Figures: Angular, 7mm

U.6: Universal Postal Franker - number 6, which was under licensed to Netherlands Trading Society, Singapore.

TM:DC is short for Town Mark:Double Circle. It means that the name of the town is enclosed in double circle rings.

Notes:
Special thanks to xcropper and 60022Mallard for the information.

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