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Auction: 23010 - The Dato Professor Cheah Jin Seng Collection of Japanese Occupation South East Asia
Lot: 2244

(x) Japanese Occupation of Malaya
Covers and Cancellations
Penang
Central Post Office
1942 (12 May) locally addressed unstamped envelope showing boxed "t/centimes" h.s. and, on reverse, Dai Nippon Postage due 8c. vertical pair tied by Type JD6 c.d.s.; 1942 (22 Oct.) postcard (discoloured) addressed locally, bearing Dai Nippon Penang 1c. and Dai Nippon Negri Sembilan 2c., both tied by Type JD6 c.d.s., showing boxed "t/centimes" (Type UP9) with Dai Nippon Postage Due 1c. pair alongside tied by Type D73 c.d.s.; 1943 (1 June) unaddressed envelope bearing Selangor 1c. with "Kanji" overprint and Pictorial 2c. vertical pair, both tied by Type JD8 c.d.s., showing boxed "t/centimes" (Type UP9) with, on reverse, Dai Nippon Postage Due 1c. vertical pair; also 1942 locally addressed envelope bearing Dai Nippon Postage Due 1c. (2), 3c. (2) and 8c. all probably cancelled by favour with Type JD3 c.d.s.

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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£120