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1147 1940 (7 May) An air mail censor cover from Shanghai to England, bearing air mail 3rd print 25c, $1 and SYS Dah Tung print $5, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, alongside ‘Passed Censor Hong Kong/2o’ violet triangle censor chop. On reverse with ‘G.P.O. HONG-KONG/11.5.40’ transit and ‘BERWICK/27.5.40’ oval arrival cancel, roughly opened at the top. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 1148 1940 (7 Oct.) A censor cover from Shanghai to Hong Kong, bearing Martyrs 8c, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, ‘GR/Opened By Censor Hong Kong’ censor label, tied by ‘23’ violet cachet chop. Fine. Photo HK$ 500 - 600 1149 1940 (9 Oct.) A censor cover from Shanghai to India, on reverse bearing HK print Martyrs 50c, tie by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, with plain brown censor seal, tied by ‘Passed By Censor 80 Singapore’ in 3 straight violet, with ‘TONKIN/28.10.40’ transit and India 25.11.40 arrival cds, a few dirt marks. Photo HK$ 600 - 800

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1150 1940’s A small group of the SYS various on covers x 7, including air mail censored covers x 4, surcharged 50c on SYS Central Trust print 16c, an attractive item, viewing recommended (7). Photo HK$ 2,000 - 3,000 1151 1941 (17 June) An Anti-Bandit censor cover from East Szechwan reg. to Scotland, via Hong Kong, bearing SYS New York print 50c (damaged at the top right corner) Chung Hwa print $1 with overprinted in blue char. ‘EAST SZECHWAN’ in violet for Anti- Bandit, both tied by char. ‘EAST SZECHWAN/SHANSHENKUNG’ ‘ 三聖宮 ’ cds., Not Opened By Censor’ frame chop in violet, on reverse with ‘HONG KONG/20.6.41’ transit. Photo HK$ 1,500 - 2,000 1152 1941 (20 Aug.) An air mail censor cover from Chengtu to USA, via Hong Kong, bearing SYS New York print 25c in pair, Chung Hwa print $2 x 2, both stamps have Anti-Bandit overprinted in blue char. ‘CHENGTU’ ‘ 成都 ’ tied by bilingual ‘CHENGTU’ cds, with ‘Not Opened By Censor’ censor chop in violet, on reverse with ‘HONG KONG/22.8.41’ arrival cds. Photo HK$ 1,500 - 2,000

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