HK038-Main Catalogue

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977 1944 (4 Sept.) An opened cover registered to American Consulate General, Kunming, Yunnan, bearing Kwangsi Province 50 cents surcharge strip of 5 x 6 on both sides. Tied by char. ‘YUNNAN/AIWA’ ( 岩瓦 ) cds. Photo HK$ 1,500 - 2,000 978 1944 (6 Mar.) An air mail censor cover from Hinkong?? Registered to Toronto, Canada. On front bearing SYS Central Trust print 10c, Paicheng print imperf. $10, tied by faint bilingual ‘HIKONG??’ ( 蜆崗 ?) cds, on reverse bearing SYS Central Trust print 50c, $1 and $3, tied by the same cancellation, bilingual ‘18.3.44’ transit, ‘TORONTO.ONT/19.5.44’ arrival cds, with ‘Examined by Censor/C.177/DB’ censor label, 3 vertical folds, but no harm to any stamp. Photo HK$ 1,200 - 1,500

979

979 1944 (7 July) An air mail censor cover form Kunming registered to New York, USA, on reverse bearing SYS Central Trust print 50c x 4, Paicheng print imperf. $40 in pair, tied by bilingual 'KUNMING' cds, with 'DHA/186' India censor violet chop, 'NEW YORK/8.8.44' and 'NEW YORK/9.8.44' arrival cds. With 'Opened By Examiner/P.C.90' censor label, tied by India Crown type censor black frame chop. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,200

980

980 1944 (8 July) An air mail censor cover from East Szechwan registered to New York, USA. On front tied by bilingual 'PAHSIEN' cds, India 'DHF/9' & 'DHF/25' violet censor chop, on reverse bearing SYS Central Trust print $3 and $5 x 5, tied by char. 'EAST SZECHWAN/LUOHANCHANG’ ( 羅漢場 ) cds, with ‘MIAMI/19.8.44’ transit, ‘NEW YORK/20.8.44’ oval transit and ‘NEW YORK/21.8.44' arrival cds with 2 tears at the top. Photo HK$ 1,300 - 1,600

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