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1095
1943 (28 Feb.) An air mail censor cover from Patsha reg. to Canada, via Altaic Ocean, bearing SYS Central Trust print 50c olive
green, SYS New York print $2 and SYS Paicheng print, engraved type $10 red brown, both tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds,
‘PASSED BY CENSOR’ underneath in black straight, with ‘Opened By Censor’ censor label tied by ‘OTTAWA/7.5.43’ transit and
‘EDMONTON/9.5.43’ arrival cds. roughly opened at left, affecting the censor label. Photo
HK$ 1,400 - 1,800
1096
1945 (14 Aug.) A double weight airmail censor cover from Szechwan to USA, bearing Kuomintang Anniv $40 x 4, tied by bilingual
‘CHUNGKING’ cds, with ‘Opened By Examiner’ censor seal label, a rare foreign mail multiple franking. Photo
HK$ 1,000 - 1,200
1097
1945 (18 May) An air mail censor cover from Chengtu reg. to Canada, by BOAC to Lagos via Calcutta, bearing SYS Central Trust
print $2, $3 in pair, $5 and SYS Paicheng print, engraved type, imperf. $10, each tied by bilingual ‘CHENGTU’ cds, ‘Examined
By DBC.544’ censor label, ‘VANCOVUER/5.6.45’, ‘OTTAWA/5.6.45’ transit and ‘HALIFAX/7.6.45’ arrival cds, a few creases
and center folded. Photo
HK$ 700 - 800
1098
1948 (20 May) An air mail cover from Shanghai to Vienna, Austria, bearing SYS Shanghai Dah Tung 2nd print, $20,000, $100,000
and $500,000, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, with Austrian single ring censorship chop in violet. Photo
HK$ 300 - 400
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