Amboina. 1864, 10 cent red on letter from Amboina to Batavia and re-directed to Buitenzorg. Stamp with good to wide margins and slightly cut into at lower corner right, tied by crisp and centrally-struck half-round franco cancel 5.9 1867 with an additional strike on cover. On back is Batavia arrival 22.9 1867. A very attractive, neat folded letter with full content, sent to the board of the Orphan Chamber in Batavia; fragile paper and some light damage stemming from ink corrosion. With certificate van Dieten, 2020.
AN EXCEPTIONAL RARITY OF THE FIRST STAMP ISSUE OF THE NEI WITH PERFECTLY STRUCK POSTMARKS: THE ONLY KNOWN COMPLETE LETTER FROM AMBOINA.
Amboina is the capital of the Molucca Islands in the Banda Sea. Amboina postmarks are known from the prephilatelic period from about 1840; no more than 10 examples of the 10 cent 1864 are known with the Amboina half-round franco postmark, and this this is the only recorded letter.
Provenance: Van Dieten 643, Apr. 2020 (4200 EUR hammer).
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