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1888-92: Revised inscription 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' under shield
Contemporary Postmarks: Circular Date Stamp, town only plus date in 3 lines.
Elopura ( the original name for Sandakan) I Sandakan
Elopura (Proud Dl) -
Recorded in postal use until 18.4.85 after wbich used philatelicaJly
Sandakan
Proud 03 (7.10.85 to 11.2.03) large letters 'SANDAKAN'
~~~ Dated 3 OC 1895
·- · Became wom with
a dotted circle
Proud 04 (23.12.89 to 4.2.99) smaller letters 'SANDAKAN'
In red, unusual on this issue, possibly CTO I favour cancel
In black
Squared Circle, Proud Oll first recorded 29.9.1904
V ery late usage of stamp, probably philatelic
Singapore Cno date): Uncommoo, presumably applied to ship mail routed via Singapore.
