PERAK 1894 TIGER from Jungle 1c green PC ~ IPOH >> GOPENG 3.JAN.1900 'PROUD D3'

MALAYA * PERAK
馬來亞 * 霹靂州

1894 Tiger from Jungle post card (without Coat of Arms between POST and CARD) 1c green posted IPOH dated 3 JAN 1900 delivered GOPENG  3 JAN 1900 in fine condition.

Gopeng was the most important town in the Kinta Valley until 1890, when Ipoh became more prominent. Gopeng was intensively mined by both European and Chinese miners, the latter having significant Hakka representation under Chung Keng Kwee, the leader of the Hai San secret society during the Larut War. He was appointed as the Kapitan China/Captain of the Chinese/華人甲必丹 [i.e. a high-ranking government position in the civil administration of colonial] after the Pangkor Treaty, and although his main homes were in Taiping and Penang, he maintained his foothold in Gopeng, securing contracts for street lighting there in 1892 as well as building quarters for civil servants thereafter. For the first few decades after British intervention, Gopeng was run by a tripartite; the Europeans, the Chinese lead by the Eu family, and the Sumatrans by the Assistant Penghulu Imam Prang Ja Barumun. Gopeng is also one of the first places where large numbers of Orang Asli came into contact with outsiders in the 19th century.

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