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In 1947: India and Pakistan gain independence; Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier; Dead Sea
Scrolls discovered; microwave oven & transistor invented; David Bowie & Hilary Clinton born
At the RPSL: Membership numbers continue to rise past 700; Society takes over use of large
room in top floor flat at 41 Devonshire place for meetings and use of members.
RPSL President was E. W. Mann. Patron H.M. King George VI. Membership 722.
SARAWAK- BINTULU. RUBBER DATE STAMP
IN USE FOR ONLY A FEW WEEKS
From the collection of Simon Martin-Redman FRPSL.
Member since 2007. Lives in England.
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Immediately after the Japanese Occupation the liberating Australian forces introduced Australian
type c.d.s. for many of the outstations. The one for Bintulu was misspelt 'BINTULA' so it was not
issued. This resulted in Bintulu using a succession of rubber date stamps. The one on this cover was
in use for a matter of weeks in May 1947. It is an internal cover at the correct rate, written in Jawi
script to The Honourable Muhammad Aceh Bin Rift at Sime Darby Limited Kuching. Very few
examples of this cancel are known and this may be the only known use on cover.
