I have in my possession three envelopes with a stamp each of Third Rajah of Sarawak and has a postmark of TRUSAN. My late father who passed these to me mentioned that these are rare as they bear the last post mark of Trusan.
Are these kind of postmarks common in Borneo?
(I don't have these collections with me here in Glasgow but I should be
happy if you could enlighten me of the history. Why was the postal service
terminated then?) "Trusan, in the Fifth Division, likewise disappeared July.
As members are aware the village of Trusan has fallen upon evil times
since the war, and much of its importance has been stolen by up and coming
Sundar, further down the Trusan valley. After the war Trusan Post office
was never re-opened at Trusan, but the new post war cancellation was used
at Sundar as a temporary measure. Now the situation has been partially put right
and a new cancellation has been supplied which reads "Sundar".
A first day cancellation, therefore, reads August 1st.1951.
Would members please note that I possess a limited number of covers
carrying the Trusan postmark, and if anyone would like one I shall be pleased
to forward it, if they will be kind enough to enclose an addressed envelope
with their request. First come first served, with the exception of members
in the States and Australia, for whom I will keep a few in reserve.
"I have used the word 'partially' when it is said that the situation at Sundar
has been put right. This is because in one respect it has not been completely
put right. A registered letter of course carries a registration stamp,
which has the number of the registration filled in in indelible pencil!
This stamp has not so far been replaced at Sundar."
Lawrence Tseu
Answers
Steve Schumann
JOHN FISHER (Limbang)
The Sarawak Journal Volume 5. No. 1. November 1951 pages 28/29.
Chan Kee Tex
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