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1091
1940's Two covers to local, each with different colour notice attached on back side as written as 'Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Why this
letter is on the receiver hand so quick?....' very nice announcement. Fine. Photo
HK$ 800 - 1,000
1092
1941 (3 Sept.) An airmail censor cover from Chengtu to Toronto, Canada. On front bearing SYS 50c and anti-bandit 'CHENGTU'
blue char. on SYS $1 x 4, tied by bilingual 'CHENGTU' cds with char. Index 'Aviation' (
航
) and 'Not Opened By Censor' blue cachet.
on front with Martyrs 1c, SYS 8c and Thrift Movement 28c, 33c tied by the same cds. 'HONG KONG/5.9.41' transit. Photo
HK$ 2,000 - 2,500
1093
1941 (12 Feb.) A reg. cover to USA, bearing various stamps including SYS London print 20c, Chung Hwa print 2c, SYS surch.
3c on 5c in pair and HK print Martyrs, 3c x 2, 15c x 5, 20c tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, ‘U.S. Customs/Free of Duty/N.M/
Port of New York’ oval chop at the left bottom and five USA arrival cds on reverse, torn at 4 corners and affecting one stamp.
HK$ 500 - 600
1094
1095
1094
1941 (30 Jan.) A returned to sender censor cover, on front bearing Martyrs 20c and 30c both tied by char. 'HUNAN/CHANGSHA'
rimmed dot cancellation To Norway, via Siberia, and returned arrival bilingual 'CHANGSHA/2.7.31' cds rimmed dot cancellation.
Adjacent h/s 'Services Suspended/Returned To Sender' in 2 black straight lines and 'Passed By Censor' India triangle censor chop
in black. On reverse with sending transit 'HENGYANG/2.2.41' and 'YUNNAN/18.2.41' bilingual cds. Plus returned receiving
'KUNMING/19.6.41' and 'HUNAN/2.7.41' arrival cds, with India censor seal label x 2, a nice returned censor cover during WWII.
Photo
HK$ 3,000 - 3,500
1095
1941 A censor reg. cover from Shanghai to England, via 'Pre S.S President Coolidge' bearing SYS Chung Hwa print 50c blue in pair
tied by bilingual 'SHANGHAI' cds, with 'Opened By Examiner 722' censor label, oval 'LONDIN/27.6.41' arrival d.s. small tear at
top. Photo
HK$ 500 - 600