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995I
1939 (2 Sept.) A printed ‘N.Y.K,LINE’ on back on cover and printed ‘XII Olympiad Tokyo 1940’ on front cover form Shanghai
to Batavia, bearing SYS surcharged 10c on 25c blue London print and Peking print Martyrs 40c orange tied by bilingual
‘SHANGHAI/2.9.39’ rimmed dot cds, that was the second day of WWII, (The Olympics was later cancelled due to the war), with
h/s delivery instruction in Dutch, ‘Passed By 36 Censor’ censor frame cachet in violet, ‘Passed By Censor’ censor seal label. very
rare censorship cover. Photo
HK$ 15,000 - 18,000
995J
1939 (2 Oct.) A ROC stationery pc franked with Martyrs Peking print 30c, tied by bilingual 'SHANGHAI' cds, to Vienna, via
Siberia. WWII begun on 1st Sept. 1939, a very fine WWII period pc. Photo
HK$ $ 2,500 - 3,000
995K
1940 (14 Sep.) An airmail cover censored 3 times from Tsingtao to Lebanon, via Hong Kong and redirected to Iraq, addressed to
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bearing Martyrs HK print 10c and Peking print 40c in pair, tied by bilingual 'TSINGTAO' rimmed
cds, with 'Passed Censor/9/Hong Kong' violet triangular censor chop tied on one stamp, pink French 'Controle' censor label, tied
by French-Lebanere 'Ouvert/L.O.02/Par les Autrites de Controle', red oval handstamps & 'CPMB/02' negative purple, and h/s by
the Military postage control of Beirut, 'By Air to Bagdad only' straight on front. 'HONG KONG/23.9.40' transit on back, bilingual
'BEYROUTH/R.R' rail road and bilingual 'BAGDAD' arrival cds on reverse, very rare cover, fine. Photo
HK$ 8,000 - 9,000
995L
1941 (15 May) A WWII censored airmail cover from Swatow to New York, USA. Bearing SYS $1, $2 and $5 tied by bilingual
'SWATOW' rimmed dot cds, h/s 'A.V.2' in violet circle on front and back sides. 'AV2' used to be applied on the top envelope in a
batch of envelopes, very rare to have 'AV2' chopped on both sides, with 'Opened By Censor Hong Kong' censor seal attached, tied
by 'HONG KONG/19.5.41' on reverse, unique cover. Photo
HK$ 5,000 - 6,000
995M
1941 (9 Oct.) A censor cover from Shanghai reg. to Sweden, via USA, bearing various SYS and Martyrs stamps, total 14 stamps,
tied by bilingual 'SHANGHAI' rimmed dot cds, with 'Opened By Examiner 6179' and overstruck 'Ab' in black circle, h/s 'Passed
By Censor' in two black lines, fine. Photo
HK$ 4,000 - 5,000
995N
1941 A multiple censor air mail cover form Shanghai to French, bearing Martyrs 40c, 50c and SYS $5 tied by the bilingual
‘SHANGHAI’ cds, underneath double ring ‘AIR.TRANSIT/6’ in blue green chop, with 2 different ‘Opened By Censor Hong Kong’
HK censor seal label and ‘Controle’ French censor seal label, tied by oval French censor chop in black. Photo
HK$ 4,500 - 5,000
995J
995K
995L
995M