Kudat postal cover

I always refuse to believe that there will not be a single Sabah cover in a box full of Johor and Perak covers (this dealer had 3 boxes of them; I am very sure each box contains at least 1,000 covers). Turns out, I was right! There is one, though torn at the lower left corner, it is still a happy find. 

After almost 2 years of not going to Amcorp Mall, I was greeted with a few good finds. Perhaps this is also the Devil's temptation luring me to return again the subsequent week. 

This is a fairly normal cover with a 75c stamp that accurately pays for both the 20g mail + registered post charges. Two KUDAT/ SABAH single-ring circular datestamps (c.d.s); one defaces the 75c stamp and the other ties the KUDAT registered label. 



The back of the cover shows three c.d.s.: postal counter KUDAT/SABAH dated 19 Feb 1975, transit KOTA KINABALU/SABAH dated 20 Feb 1975, and the arrival PENANG/R4 dated 21 Feb 1975. One could only dream of such efficiency today.


It's always a pleasant find and irrespective of how much market value they hold, I would never turn down a cover from my home state. 

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