Page 65 - Lithographed Stamps of North Borneo
P. 65
NORTII BORNEO
1886-7 Low Values: BRITISH NORTH BORNEO above shield POSTAGE below it
Contemporary Postmarks: Circular Date Stamp
By 1886 three Nnrth Bomoo post offices hatl there c'.~'Il c.d.s.-In.~ally applied to the eravelu~. bul frum lare
1880's applied to the stamp
Elopura(originalname furSandakan): in use mrtil mid 1885 afterwhich used clandestine1y.
Sandakan: ftom 1885 superseding the Elopura c.ds (initially often applied in red ink)
Gaya:, from 1886 (fairly scarce postmark)
Kudat: from 1886
Kudat (Proud 02, 1886-1900)
From mid 1895 time code 'A' usually ommitted
