HK043-Main

Republic of China Censored Mail

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260 1915 (2 Mar.) A censor cover to Ceylon, bearing Junk 10c, tied by bilingual ‘CHENGTU’ cds, hand stamped ‘CENSOR’ violet frame chop, with censor seal label at the top and hand stamped ‘Opened Under Material Law’ straight violet at both sides. ‘HAWALAOITIYA/8.4.15’ arrival cds. Photo HK$ 600 - 800

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261 1916 (13 Jan.) A large Hung Hsien censor cover registered to Rotterdam, Netherlands, via America, on front hand stamped ‘TIESTSIN/No.227’ registered frame chop in black, on reverse bearing London print Junk, 2c, 3c, 4c, 5c x 2, 6c 8c, 10c and $1, each tied by bilingual ‘TIENTSIN’ cds, with bilingual ‘MOUKDEN/ 17.1.16’ transit and bilingual ‘KWANCHENGTSE/17.1.16’ transit with char. index ‘First Year’ (元年) ‘SEATTLE/8.2.16’, ‘NEW YORK/15.2.16’ transit and ‘ROTTERDAM/12.3.16’ arrival cds, plus ‘Opened By Censor/1141’ seal label x 2, a few toned spots on both side. Photo HK$ 8,000 - 9,000

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262 1940 (11 Aug.) An air mail censor cover to Straits Settlements, bearing small char. Overprinted ‘Hopei’ on SYS Dah Tung print 10c in pair, 50c, each tied by bilingual ‘PEKING’ cds, ‘Passed For Transmission/89’ triangle censorship chop in violet. Japanese occupation stamps on censor cover is rare. Photo HK$ 500 - 700 263 1940 (14 Mar.) An incoming air mail censor cover from Italy to Shanghai, bearing 5l and 75l, tied by ‘VALDAGNO’ cds, with ‘Opened By Censor Hong Kong’ seal censor label and ‘HONG KONG/27.3.40’ transit, with Shanghai Postman frame chop on front. Photo HK$ 500 - 600

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