This floating safe has been designed to prevent the loss of letters and valuables at sea, by the wreck of vessels carrying them. It has been adopted by the Netherlands Postal Service, for use on the mail steamers of the Netherlands Steamship Company plying between Holland and the East Indies. Should the ship carrying it be sunk, the safe will float. Special stamps for the registered letters thus protected are obtainable at all Dutch post offices. This would be a wise precaution on all steamers, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955), Sat 27 Dec 1919, Page 1
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