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772 1940 (4 Aug.) Per Imperial Air Line censor cover to Australia, bearing HK print Martyrs 30c, 50c and air mail 3rd print $1, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, with ‘Passed Censor Hong Kong/9’ blue green in triangle censor chop. ‘HONG KONG/7.8.40’ transit on reverse, a few creases. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,500 773 1940 (6 Dec.) A censor cover to Leipzig, Germany, on reverse bearing surcharged 10c on 25c strip of 5 on SYS London 2nd print, tied by bilingual ‘PEKING’ cds, with Germany Nazi type censor label and censor chop in red x 2. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000

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774 1940 (6 July) An air mail censor cover to Geneva, Switzerland, bearing air mail 15c,HK print Martyrs 30c and SYS Dha Tung print $1 in pair with Bandit overprinted ‘CHUNKING’, tied by char. ‘CHUNGKING’ cds, ‘Passed Censor Hong Kong/9’ triangle censor shop in blue green, two different censorship seal labels, ‘HONG KONG/8.7.40’ transit and ‘GENEVE/17.9.40’ arrival cds. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,500 775 1940 (6 June) A picture postcard to Turkey, bearing HK print Martyrs, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, alongside bilingual ‘Postal Censor’ Egyptian hexagonal censor chop in violet. Fine. Photo HK$ 2,600 - 3,000

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