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Auction: 12005 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1623

Tibet Chinese People´s Post Censorship: 1963 Freedom From Hunger, cover from Nepal to Lhasa bearing, on the reverse, King Mahendra´s Birthday 10p. (2) and Freedom From Hunger 1r. tied by Kathmandu despatch c.d.s., the Freedom From Hunger stamp has been censored with two thick, vertical ink strokes; also (12 Sept.) air mail envelope from U.S.A. to Lhasa bearing several commemorative stamps, with label "If there are mistakes on the envelope please inform the sender to be corrected" applied and cancelled in Canton, the Freedom From Hunger 5c. stamp with large black ink mark censoring part of the design. An intriguing and unusual pair of covers Estimate HK$ 1,500-2,000

Sold for
HK$2,600