Semarang (ID)

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Semarang/Samarang is a city on the north coast of the island of Java, Indonesia. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Central Java. It has an area of 373.70 square kilometres (144.29 sq mi) and a population of approximately 2 million people, making it Indonesia's sixth most populous city and the fifth largest Indonesian city after Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, and Medan. Greater Semarang (aka Kedungsapur) has a population of close to 6 million. A major port during the Dutch colonial era, and still an important regional center and port today, the city has a dominant Javanese population.

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Postmark Examples

19thcentury

Postmark SAMARANG 1870. Second emission King William III 1868. Stampset

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 2 (= Semarang). c.1870. Stampset

Coded 2 (bold) on a 1870 issue. Stampset

Samarang 1873, King Willem III. Stampset

Coded Postal Obliterator nr 2 (= Semarang). c.1874. Stampset

DC Semarang on a 1886, sub-issue in 1889. Stampset

Square Circle Cancel Semarang 1896. Stampset

Squared Cancel Semarang 1894, King Willem III. Stampset

Semarang 1896, Princess WilhelminaKing, emission of 1892-1897. Stampset

Semarang 1900, Princess Wilhelmina

20th century

Semarang 1906. Stampset

Semarang 1922 from StampSet .

Semarang 1941. Stampset

Meter cancels

Meter cancel 1930

Meter cancel 1939

Meter cancel 1941