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1054 194? An air mail censor cover from Chengtu to Toronto, Canada, on front bearing SYS Central Trust $1 red in pair, New York print $5 in single and strip of 4, tied by bilingual ‘CHENGTU’ single year date index cds, on reverse with SYS Chung Hwa print 10c and surcharged 50c on 16c on SYS Central Trust print, both tied by the same cancellation, with ‘Opened By Examiner/P.C.90’ censor label, a few tears at bottom. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000 1055 1940 (25 July) An air mail censor cover from Shanghai registered to England, bearing Peking print Martyrs 40c, air mail 3rd print $1 and $5, ted by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, on reverse with ‘HONOLULU/4.8.40’ and 15.8.40 oval transit, ‘NEW YORK/8.9.40’ oval arrival cancel, with ‘Opened By Examiner 704/P.C.90’ censor label. fine. Photo HK$ 800 - 1,000

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1056 1940 (26 June) A SYS 15c orange stationery card with SYS London 2nd print 2c and Peking print Martyrs 13c, both tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, sent to Vienna, via Siberia, Vienna fell to Germany at the beginning of WWII, with Germany Eagle type censor chop in red circle adjacent. Photo HK$ 1,300 - 1,500 1057 1940’s An air mail censor cover from Chungking to London, England. Bearing SYS Paicheng print rough perf. $5 block of 4, each stamp with red pen crossed the corner, tied by illegible cancel, with ‘Opened By Examiner 1875’ censor seal label. Photo HK$ 2,000 - 2,400

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1058 1941 (14 Nov.) An air mail censored cover from Shanghai registered to Switzerland, via Hong Kong, Manila, Francisco, New York and Lisbon, bearing SYS Dah Tung print 30c in pair, $10 x 5 and New York print $1, $5, tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’ cds, with double ring ‘AIR TRANS/8’ in blue, on reverse with bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’, ‘HONOLULU/27.11.41’, ‘NEW YORK/3.12.41’ transit and ‘ZURICH/20.12.41’ arrival cds. ‘Opened By Censor’ seal label. Photo HK$ 3,000 - 4,000 1059 1941 (23 Apr.) A censored cover from Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bearing SYS New York print $2 and London 2nd print $5, both tied by bilingual ‘SHANGHAI’, with ‘AIR-TRANSIT/3’ in blue green double circle, ‘Opened By Censor Hong Kong’ censor seal label, with ‘RIO DE JANEIRO/31.5.41’, a censored cover to South America is unusual, very fine. Photo HK$ 3,000 - 4,000

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