Title
Remittance envelope with Ampow stamp, delivered from Singapore
Year/Period
1933
Region
Guangdong province, China
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 15.7 x 7.7 cm
Accession No.
2024-00668
Collection of
Credit Line
Collection of Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
This is an empty Chinese remittance envelope dated to 1933, delivered from Singapore. It was delivered through qiaopi (侨批), a private mail delivery system established by early Chinese immigrants in the early 19th century to deliver money and family letters to their home villages in China. This envelope was stamped with Ampow and Penang chops. This indicated that the letter had passed through Penang and Ampow before reaching its destination at Swatow, China.
