German Samoa 10 pf Hohenzollern on Tonga PPC, 1906
Apr 13, 2024 21:28:24 GMT
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Post by JeffS on Apr 13, 2024 21:28:24 GMT
I found this recently online and couldn't pass on it. A lovely Tonga PPC with the caption
A GROUP OF GIRLS IN TONGA COSTUME. Greetings from with a space for the sender's name.
In this case it was a DR. MACLENNAN of the "medical department of Tonga."
Mr Wiki tells me this doctor was the physician to the king of Tonga,
and further pursuit of Dr Maclennan produced some interesting background.
From the handwritten message it appears that the doctor and addressee were involved in a postcard trade.
The postmark is the usual APIA SAMOA bridge-style device, dated January 17, 1906.
A partial TONGA postmark is visible on the address side adjacent to the space for postage.
Received at destination in the USA, North Dakota on February 10.
