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POSTAL TELEGRAPH [[insignia]] COMMERCIAL CABLES
CLARENCE H. MACKAY, PRESIDENT
CABLEGRAM
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REGISTERED TRADE-MARK, DESIGN PATENT NO. 36369
The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company (Incorporated) transmits and delivers this message subject to the terms and conditions printed on the back of this blank.
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[Left side]
NUMBER   SENT BY   REC'D BY      CHECK
    12CH G      8      3 51a.m.
                 Colombo     Feb. 15th.1907
From
    Hecker,
           DetroitMich.
    SEAFIGHT SEVENTEENTH TO BATAVIA SHIPYARD.
                           FREER.
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Sail on Hamberg -
American Line
[[?]]

Am quite well.

[Right side]
Received at

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(WHERE ANY REPLY SHOULD BE SENT.)
190

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Colombo to Singapore - 6days

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No Inquiry respecting this message can be attended to without the production of this paper. [italics] Repetitions of doubtful words should be obtained through the Company's offices, and not by [bold]DIRECT[/bold] application to the sender.[/italics]

Transcription Notes:
Oval Insignia, reading "Postal Telegraph" on the top, "System" on the bottom. In the center is pictured North America with telegraph cables running centrally from the USA eastward and westward. Underneath on a banner and in the whitespace it reads "COMMERCIAL CABLE".