HK036 - Main catalogue

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1159 1941 (27 Oct.) An air mail censor cover from Chengtu to New York, USA, bearing SYS Chung Hwa print 25c x 3, tied by bilingual ‘CHENGTU’ cds, ‘Not Opened By Censor’ Hong Kong censor chop in violet frame. ‘Hong Kong/31.10.41’ transit on reverse, center folded. Photo HK$ 600 - 700 1160 1941 (28 Dec.) A censor cover to England, bearing SYS Dah Tung print $1, tied by unclear bilingual cds, ‘KIANGSI’ transit, India ‘DHF/3’ violet censor chop, ‘Opened By Examiner’ censor label, small part damaged, and bilingual ‘KUNMING/28.12.41’ transit, center folded. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,200

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1161 1941 (29Apr.)Acensor cover from Shanghai to Bombay, India. Bearing HK print Martyrs 40c in pair, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, ‘Opened By Censor’ India censor label, tied by ‘Passed Censor/C/2’ triangle chop in black x 2, ‘BOMBAY/2.6.41’ arrival cds. Photo HK$ 400 - 500 1162 1941 (4 Dec.) An air mail censor cover from Shanghai registered to Berwick, England, bearing HK print Martyrs 40c in pair, SYS New York print $3 and Dah Tung print $10, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, with ‘Opened By Examiner 729/P.C.90’ censor label. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000

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1163 1941 (4 Sept.) An air mail censor cover from Shanghai registered to England, bearing HK print Martyrs 40c, SYS New York print $1 and $5, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, with ‘HONOLULU/21.9.41’, ‘NEW YORK.U.S.A./FOREIGN/24.9.41’ transit, ‘LONDON/3.10.41’ oval arrival. With ‘Opened By Examiner 6268/P.C.90’ censor label, center folded and a small tear at the top. Photo HK$ 700 - 800 1164 1941 (5 May) A SYS 1c yellow stationery card with SYS Paicheng print $20 red, sent to Vienna, Germany, both tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, with Germany Eagle type red censor alongside, Vienna was failed to Germany during the WWII, fine. Photo HK$ 1,500 - 1,800

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