Philippines: Visayan Boys Missionary Postcard Tilburg Mission House (Vintage PC 1912)

postcard titled "visayaansche jongens van gigaquit" (visayan boys of gigaquit), no. a.92, showing a large group of boys of varying ages posed in front of traditional nipa houses, with a young man in religious/missionary dress standing among them.

published by the missiehuis (mission house) te tilburg, netherlands, a dutch catholic missionary society active in the philippines.

postally used as "briefkaart - drukwerk" (printed matter rate), franked with a netherlands stamp, cancelled 1912, sent by "br. allessie" (a missionary brother), addressed to mr. h. akkers, brouwersgracht 173, amsterdam (later redirected to maarssen/haarlem). small handwritten dealer annotations "philipijnen" and price.

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

condition: very good...please also refer to scans which show complete front and reverse of postcard

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