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798 1945 (20 May) A censor cover from Chikhom registered to USA, on reverse bearing SYS Central Trust print 25c in pair, $1.50 x 3, surcharged 50c on SYS Central Trust print 16c in pair, Kwangtung surcharged, and ‘Domestic Express Letter’ stamp x 2, each tied by bilingual ‘CHIKHOM’ cds, with ‘Opened By Examiner/P.C. 90’ censor label, tied by the India ‘DHF/35’ censor shop in light violet, ‘MIAM/30.8.45’ transit and ‘SAN DIEGO/1.9.45’ arrival cds. Domestic Express Letter on censor cover is unusual, and also this cover took almost 4 months to reach it’s destination. Photo HK$ 2,500 - 3,000 799 1947 (19 June) A SYS 4c green stationery card with CNC surcharged $100 on $1 x 2, both tied by bilingual ‘TSINGTAO’ cds, and over struck ‘US CIVIL CENSORSHIP’ in red, underneath ‘BRITISH CENSOR IN GERMAN/No.1536’ censor chop in black. The 4c rate of the card had been rendered obsolete, and the additional franking of $200 is the printed matter rate to the destination. Photo HK$ 3,500 - 4,000

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800 1948 (26 Nov. ) An incoming air mail Remittance cover from Indonesia to Amoy, on front bearing Ned. Indie 10c and 45c, tied by faint Indonesia cds, on reverse with char. ‘Domestic Mail/Postage Paid/Amoy/2.12.48’ cancel in black cachet, with contents. Photo HK$ 700 - 800 801 A Domestic censor cover from Nanking to Shanghai, bearing Peking 2nd print 4c, tied by bilingual ‘NANKING’ cds, date not clear. On reverse with char. ‘22/Censor/Commander’ in black triangle. With a punch hole at the bottom. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 800 801

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