£85
THE FAR EAST - MAIL FROM/VIA ADEN - ZANZIBAR, SOMALIA, JAVA + "CABLE EXPEDITION" CACHET: 1900/6 PC/PPCs; 1906 PPC with India 1a from Aden to GB having rare purple oval "MANILA-SHA[ANGHAI]/S.S. SILVERTOWN/CABLE EXPEDITION" cachet, 1900 usage of India 1a Blue PC ex "Perim [Island]" to Java, and 1904/5 pair of PPCs to Tientsin from Zanzibar (1a Red tied by squared circle with matching scarce boxed "TOO LATE") or Somalia (10c tied by partial blue Djibouti cds) both with fine Aden transit cds's (Somalia card also with FREMANTLE/W.A. & Hong Kong transits. Rare group. (4 cards)Cross Reference: CHINA, FRENCH COLONIES, ZANZIBAR, TELEGRAMS
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