Chetty Chettiar Tamil Seller Taiping Perak Malaysia stamp ca 1905

Description

This is an antique black and white postcard of
Malaysia
. It shows a beautiful view of a Chetty/
Chettiar, a Tamil Seller
. This postcard was published in the period 1905-1910. So it is more than one HUNDRED years
OLD
. This postcard was favour cancelled in 1911. The
green
and white 1 Cent Federated Malay States stamp is still attached on its front side. Cancel: TAIPING. Condition: very good.
This postcard should be in every
Malaysian
collection. Buyer pays $ 3.00 for handling and worldwide shipping. Buyer of multiple items can save on shipping.
Buyer of multiple items must wait for the invoice. Buyer must make his payment within 14 days. For more
Malaysian
postcards please take a look in my
eBay store
to make your
Malaysian or Asian
collection complete.
.
On Feb-04-12 at 09:04:38 PST, seller added the following information:
This is a colour postcard of Bali, Indonesia. It shows a beautiful view of the cremation of the Poenggawa van Singaradja (= Pungawa of Singaraja). This postcard was published by the K.P.M. = Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij = Royal Dutch Packet Company in the 1920s. So it is about 90 years
OLD.
This kind of postcard used to be on top of the first class menu. A first class passenger could tear it off and send it away. This postcard is shown in the book INDONESIA 500 Early Postcards by Leo Haks and Steven Wachlin on page 223. However some brown aging on the back it does not affect the picture on the front side (see scan) and it is still a great collectible. Condition: good. This postcard should be in every Balinese or Indonesian collection. Buyer pays $ 3.00 for handling and worldwide shipping. Buyer of multiple items can save on shipping. Buyer of multiple items must wait for the invoice. Buyer must make his payment within 14 days. Please take a look in my
eBay store
to make your Bali, Indonesian or Asian collection complete.