1864, 10 cent red on folded letter sent from sub-post office Modjokerto to Soerabaija, with red circular Soerabaija 23.9 1865. Stamp placed top left with full margins all around, tied to cover by black framed FRANCO struck diagonally. Sent from Modjokerto sub-post office in East Java with rare red MODJOKERTO line mark (34 mm) on back. Letter sheet without content, with well-struck postmarks and opens up well to show the line marking of Modjokerto on back.
The sub-post office of Modjokerto was 40 km south west of Surabaya, and operated from 1864 to July 1872, at which time it became a full post office. This letter shows the standard practice of placing the line marking in red on the back of the letter (as stipulated in Staatsblad van Nederlandsch-Indie 1864 no 5 art. 72), and applying the sorting post office datestamp on the letter front. Letter noted inside “J. Kruy & Co” and sent to E. ten Brinck & Co., one of the important mercantile houses of Java, dealing with trade, finance, and shipping.
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