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Letter from Oskar Speck in Kuala Lumpur to his sister Grete
Letter from Oskar Speck in Kuala Lumpur to his sister Grete

Letter from Oskar Speck in Kuala Lumpur to his sister Grete

Author (1907 - 1993)
Date23 October 1936
Object numberANMS0534[005]
NameLetter
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 270 x 209 mm
Copyright© Australian National Maritime Museum
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Nancy Jean Steele Bequest
DescriptionLetter from Oskar Speck to his sister Grete handwritten in German mentioning that Oskar is staying in Singapore, waiting on a new boat from Pionier. Oskar says that he finds people in Singapore obliging and that he has been written about in English magazines and is feeling very self proud. He is hoping to spend Christmas in Batavia, and hoping to make money from a tin mine.