1c Jefferson black
on buff issue of 1894 uprated with Scott #264 for proper 2c outbound postal
card rate to a foreign country (postal card rate to U.S. at 1c only) postmarked
PHILIPPINE
STATION / SAN FRANCSICO, CAL. / AUG 25 1898 in purple. HONG KONG /
AUG 29 transit, POTSDAM receiving mark of October 2, all on card front.
Reverse datelined
Manila August 24, 1898, message in German. At bottom is written "Prinzess
Wilhelm and Kaiserin Augusta" referring to the SMS Imperial German warships
which were in the Philippines at the time.
Used 11
days after the Manila Post Office re-opened during
the U.S.
Military Administration period.
POSSIBLY
THE EARLIEST RECORDED USAGE
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Postmark:
Goodale A-1 / Baker D1
ERU - LRU:
August 14,
1898 to January 13, 1899.
Previous Goodale
LRU: October 24, 1898
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