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Auction: 23018 - The M. Tsuchiya Collection of Japanese Occupation Stamps in the Former British Territories
Lot: 4067

(x) Japanese Occupation of Labuan
1943 (18 Nov.) envelope to Kuching, bearing Japan 8s. tie by Japanese type c.d.s. (Type JD3; earliest recorded date), showing purple censor chop alongside and, on reverse, circular chop of Motion Picture Distribution Col. Inc. in violet. Photo

note:
On 9th December the name of Labuan Island was changed into Maeda-shima (meaning Maeda island) in honor of the Lt. Gen. Toshinari Maeda (North Borneo Commander) who died in an air crash on 5th September 1942 en route from Kuching to Labuan. The Cancellation in Japanese carachters reading Maeda-shima/North Borneo was used only from 18th November 1943 to 7th May 1945.

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