The following stamps have the Zamboanga, Rec'd / Mindanao P.I. cancellation. I have seen the Jolo version on cover with the cancellation on 2 x 5c British Protectorate overprinted North Borneo stamps. These are the Philippines paquebot cancellations with REC'D (Received) in place of PAQUEBOT.
dated OCT 19 11 AM 1908
dated 1908 MAY 21 ? A M
dated 1908 NOV 30 8AM
Zamboanga City was founded in the late 12th century and is situated on the island of Mindanao. Its proximity to Jolo in Sulu and the east coast of North Borneo made it an important hinterland and trading partner. The ships of the Norddeutscher Lloyd such as the SS Sabah, Darvel, Labuan and Tringganu made regular round trips from Singapore via Labuan, Jesselton, Kudat and Sandakan to Jolo or Zamboanga bringing along local businessman like W G Darby. The trading house and insurance agency of Behn, Meyer & Co Ltd had offices in Sandakan and Zamboanga.
On a similar vein, this RECEIVED AT LABUAN cancel was probably an earlier or earliest form of paquebot cancellation from Labuan. Proud listed the earliest formal paquebot cancellation of Labuan from November 1910. You may wonder why the 2c Labuan stamp would receive a local paquebot cancel. Well, Labuan stamps of that period were valid in North Borneo and vice versa because Labuan was under BNBC administration from 1894 to 1906.
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