Category: COCOS ISLANDS POSTAL HISTORY - Ad Hoc Postal Arrangements 1904 to 1933
Description:
1915 (Aug 5) cover from Ceylon to "J Clunies Ross/Keeling/Cocos Islands" with 6c tied by Colombo machine cancel, Singapore transit b/s of 17AU/1915, light overall aging. [Handwriting has been identified as that of the captain of the Rainbow, the replacement yacht for the Ayesha which had been stolen by the Emden escapees. At Colombo awaiting the relief crew from Cocos]
Listed in:
unusual origins or destinations , CEYLON , MALAYA Straits Settlements , Postal History , AUSTRALIA , COCOS ISLANDS
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