Singapore - Old Singapore and Raffles Hotel

Postcard 1
Vintage reprint postcard of Borneo Wharf, Singapore, circa 1870s. Singapore was part of the Straits Settlements together with Penang and Malacca. I cancelled this postcard at Penang General Post Office.





Postcard 2
Raffles Hotel, one of the oldest hotels in Singapore was named after the founder of Singapore - Sir Stamford Raffles. Stamford Raffles was also briefly in charge of Malacca when Netherlands
was occupied by the French during the Napoleanic War in Europe.


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