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657 1943 (8 Apr.) An air mail censor cover registered to USA, bearing HK print Martyrs 30c, SYS Chung Hwa print 10c and New York print $10 in pair, tied by char. ‘YUNNAN/HSICHOW’ (喜洲) cds, ‘MIAMI/27.5.43’ transit and ‘PHILADELPHIA/27.5.43’ arrival cds, ‘Opened By Examiner/P.C.90’ censor label. fine. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,200 658 1944 (11 May) An air mail censor cover from Chengtu registered to Toronto, Canada, on front bearing SYS Paicheng print irregular perf. $4 in pair and imperf. $10 in pair, both tied by bilingual ‘CHENGTU’ cds, on reverse with ‘OTTAWA/3.6.44’ arrival red transit and ‘TORONTO/3.6.44’ arrival cds, ‘Opened By Censor/DB/14’ censor label, tied by large sing ring ‘NATIONAL REVENUE POSTAL/TORONTO .../DUTY FREE/4.6.44’ violet cancel, roughly opened at back. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000

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659 1944 (14 Apr.) An air mail censor cover from Pehpei registered to USA, bearing SYS Central Trust print $10, $5 and Paicheng print imperf. $10, tied by bilingual ‘PEHPEI’ (北碚) cds, and ‘2’ octangle censorship chop in violet. On reverse with ‘MIAMI/24.5.44’ transit and ‘AMES. IOWA/25.5.44’ arrival cds in 2 different types. Photo HK$ 700 - 800 660 1944 (17 Feb.) A ‘Civilian Internee’ censor cover from USA to Field Post Office, China. Tied by ‘BOISE’ cds, with Japanese censor frame chop in red and ‘Examined By.11324/ U.S.Censor’ Transparent censor label, a censor cover sent to China Camp is unusual. Photo HK$ 1,200 - 1,500 661 1944 (19 May) A censor cover to Sweden, via Siberia. Bearing overprinted ‘North China’ on overprinted Martyrs 50c, tied by char. ‘HOPEI’ cds. And ‘Ag’ censor chop in violet circle. Photo HK$ 1,000 - 1,400

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