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1044 1948 (6 Aug.) An air mail cover to USA, bearing SYS Shanghai Dah Tung 3rd print $50,000 and 2nd print $100,000 strip of 5, both tied by char. ‘CANTON/KONGMOONFU’ cds. Photo HK$ 500 - 600 1045 1946 (21 Jan.) An air mail cover from Chengdu registered to Peiping, bearing SYS Paicheng print imperf. $50 blue single and horizontal pair, tied by bilingual ‘CHENGTU’ cds. Photo HK$ 1,600 - 2,000

Prisoner of War and Censored Mail

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1046 1916 (25 May) A stampless printed ‘Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre’ Osaka camp envelope to Germany, tied by ‘OSAKA’ cds, with several Japanese censorship chop on front and ‘Opened By Censor 4089’ censor label. Photo HK$ 1,200 - 1,400 1047 1918 (5 Sept.) A stampless ‘Service Des Prisoners De Guerre’ cover, sent to Germany, tied by ‘Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre’ in red straight and over struck bisected Japanese ‘Prisoners Mail/Matsuyama Camp/ Censor’ ( 松山 ) and faint Germany arrival cds on reverse, a few creases at the top. Photo HK$ 700 - 900

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1048 1919 (3 Sept.) A stampless ‘Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre’ Bando camp, sent to Germany, tied by faint bilingual ‘BANDO’ ( 板東 ) prisoner censorship chop in light purple oval, a few stain marks at the edges and dull corner. Photo. HK$ 600 - 700 1049 1926 (28 Apr.) A censor cover from Peking to New York, USA, bearing 2nd print Junk 10c, tied by bilingual ‘PEKING’ cds, with ‘Post Office Department/United States Of America/Officially Sealed’ censor labels x 4, tied by ‘BROOKLYN/22.5.26’ arrival cds, roughly opened and center folded. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,200

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