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Title: 1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark
Posted By: Giles du Boulay (giles.duboulay@btinternet.com)
Posted On: 01/01/2021 at 06:57:01
Message: Your reconstruction is certainly plausible and I have now found Brotzen then in Prussia, now Broczyno in Poland.It seems the same postmark was struck twice at different angles perhaps as the first strike was deemed too unclear but surely there would have been an originating cancel in North Borneo, and it is most unusual to have an arrival cancel on the stamp. Also can you explain why a 1889-92 issue stamp (according to my SG catalogue) would have been used as late as 1911 when a number of other stamps had been issued since 1889.
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1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Dr F Liau 15/12/2020 15:22:18
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Giles du Boulay 16/12/2020 06:15:34
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Fah Onn Liau 27/12/2020 10:50:52
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Giles du Boulay 28/12/2020 09:04:01
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Fah Onn Liau 29/12/2020 18:43:46
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Giles du Boulay 01/01/2021 06:57:01
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Fah Onn Liau 02/01/2021 20:49:43
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Giles du Boulay 04/01/2021 06:41:58
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Fah Onn Liau 05/01/2021 15:06:25
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Giles du Boulay 05/01/2021 17:26:20
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Fah Onn Liau 06/01/2021 13:48:26
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Giles du Boulay 07/01/2021 07:14:17
    1888 North Borneo stamp with Brotzen postmark Fah Onn Liau 07/01/2021 13:05:30
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