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1135 1918 (22 May) A printed Red Cross ‘Agence Des Prisonniers De Guerre’ stampless cover from Tientsin to Denmark, vis Siberia, tied by bilingual ‘TIENTSIN’ cds, on reverse with bilingual ‘TIENTSIN’ cds and ‘COPENHAGEN/9.9.18’ arrival cds. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 2,400 1136 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$ 800 - 1,000 1137 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$ 700 - 800

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1138 1923 (11 July) A censor cover from Wusih registered to Stanley Gibbons Inc, New York, USA. On front bearing Junk surcharged 2c on 3c horizontal strip of 3 and 2nd Peking print Junk 5c in pair, both tied by bilingual ‘WUSHI’ cds (the English letter is above the Chinese char. Wushi) with another type of bilingual ‘WUSIH’ cds (the Chinese char. is above the English letter Wushi) with ‘Post Office Department/United States Of America/Officially Sealed’ USA censor label, on reverse with Junk surcharged 2c on 3c x 2, ‘NEWYORK/8.6.23’ arrival oval cancel x 2, one black and one violet, a nice cover showing two different bilingual ‘WUSHI’ cancel, very fine. Photo HK$ 13,000 - 14,000 1139 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$ 1,000 - 1,400 1140

1939 (21 Dec.) A censor cover from Shanghai to Tel-Aviv, Palestine, (nowadays, it is the city of Israel) bearing SYS Chung Hwa print 5c x 2, SYS surcharged 10c on 25c, Peking print Martyrs 20c, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, alongside with ‘PALESTINE/PASSED BY CENSOR/T.3’ censor chop in violet hexagonal and double ring Egyptian censor chop in red, letter ‘M’ in the centre, fine and unusual destination. Photo HK$ 2,300 - 2,500

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