HK039-Main

1293 1910 (7 Oct.) A cover to Peshawar City, (Nowadays, the capital city of Pakistan) bearing KE 4c red, tied by ‘SHANGHAI’ br.P.O cds, Webb type K. An unusual destination. Photo HK$ 600 - 800 1294 1920 (23 July) A cover to San Francisco, USA, bearing overprinted ‘CHINA’ on HK KGV 1c block of 4 and 6c, both tied by ‘SHANGHAI’ Br. P.O cds. Photo HK$ 700 - 800 1295 1928 (25 July) A cover to Shanghai, bearing overprinted ‘CHINA’ on KGV 4c, tied by ‘WEI-HAI-WEI/PORT- EDWARD’ Br.P.O cds, Webb type H. with bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’30.7.28’ arrival machine roller on reverse. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000

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Hong Kong Japanese Occupation

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1296 1940’s Three different size of the stampless ‘Prisoners Of War Maul’ covers, sent from Stanley Prisoner Camp to Australia, each with ‘Passed By Censor’ frame chop in violet, and each censor cover chop with different number, good to fine. Photo HK$ 2,600 - 3,000 1297 1942 (29 Dec.) A printed Red Cross Committee cover to Shanghai, bearing Japanese 5c Amirl Togo, tied by ‘HONG KONG’ Japanese type cds, with bisected Shanghai arrival chop on reverse. Genuine commercially used covers during the Japanese Occupation are rare. Photo HK$ 3,500 - 4,000

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