U.S. UX13, 2c Liberty Postal Card
1898 Manila to Batavia, Java

1898 DECEMBER 17
Liberty 2c. blue on cream, used from Manila with violet duplex cancel
MIL. STA. No. 1, PHILIPPINE ISLS. / SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. / DEC 17 1898.

Transit datestamp Singapore 1898 (Dec 29) and arrival cancellation
Weltevreden 1899 (Jan 2) on front.

THE EARLIEST PHILIPPINE USAGE

Previous ERU: March 15, 1899.