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Auction: 23010 - The Dato Professor Cheah Jin Seng Collection of Japanese Occupation South East Asia
Lot: 2242

(x) Japanese Occupation of Malaya
Covers and Cancellations
Penang
Central Post Office
1942 (6 May) Straits Settlements 15c. registered envelope with Itchiburi seal in red, addressed to Kuala Lumpur, bearing Straits Settlements 8c. with Dai Nippon Penang overprint tied by "dai nippon/g.p.o. penang" double-ring d.s. (Type JD3), showing Penang C registration label, sealing tape at left tied by "kotsubu/2/yubin kyoku" cachet in violet and, on reverse, arrival datestamp. Very rare. B.P.A. Certificate (1998). Photo

provenance:
Milo Rowell, June 1998
Spink Singapore, September 2013

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£10,000

Starting price
£4200