WORLDWIDE Consular Post (Egypt, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands
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Lot No:83
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A round-the-world postcard posted from Netherlands on 12 November 1888, arrived back in March 1889. Franked with stamps from 5 countries! | The Dutch embassies sent the card around the globe to each other - a great piece of postal history!
Postmarks we found on the postcard may still be available:
Amsterdam 12/11/1888
Chicago 17/12/1888
San Francisco 17/12/1888
Penang to Singapore .../01/1889
Singapore - hand-dated - 28/01/1889
Colombo 18/02/1889
red - France(?) postmark No.10 - 02/03/1889
Egypt ../03/1889
Italy 14/03/1889
Worn condition, as it should look for a card that has been around the world for 4+ months! (Image1)