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794 1943 An illustrated air mail censor cover from Canton registered to USA, on reverse bearing HK print Martyrs 20c in pair, SYS Dah Tung print 50c, $1 and $10, tied by faint ‘CANTON/HINGNING’ cds, with ‘Opened By Examiner’ censor seal label, ‘MIAMI/3.2.43’ transit and ‘LANSDOW.../5.2.43’ arrival cds. Photo HK$ 1,200 - 1,500 795 1944 (13 Oct.) An air mail censor cover from Chungking registered to USA, bearing SYS Central Trust print $3, $5 and Paicheng print $20, tied by bilingual ‘CHUNGKING’ cds, on reverse with ‘MAMI/31.10.44’ transit and ‘PHILADELPHIA/12.11.44’ arrival cds in 2 different kind. ‘Opened By Examiner/P.C.90’ censor label and hand stamped ‘DHA/130’ censor chop in violet. Photo HK$ 600 - 800 796 No lot. 797 1945 (15 Aug.) A printed ‘Headquarters of the Generalissimo China’ censor cover from India to Surrey, India, on front tied by faint India censor chop in violet, on reverse with India KGVI 1 1/2a and 3p both in pair, tied by ‘CALCUTTA’ cds, dated ‘15.8.45’ which is the date of Japanese army surrendered in WWII. Photo HK$ 3,000 - 4,000

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