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Auction: 23018 - The M. Tsuchiya Collection of Japanese Occupation Stamps in the Former British Territories
Lot: 4305

(x) Thailand - Burma Railway
Malayan Post Offices in Thailand
Purangkashi
1945 (16 Jan.) 4c. stationery card to Penang cancelled by superb Type JD1 c.d.s., showing very fine Konkoitah (27.1; Type JD1, latest recorded date) and Nieke (15.2; Type JD2, the only recorded) plus black censor chop; the card re-used after the war with reverse bearing "Kanji" overprint on Selangor 6c. on 5c. blocks of four (2) and Pictorial 3c. tied by Penang Japanese c.d.s. (Type JD10) and a registration label; the card with small worm hole towards foot. Very rare. Photo

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Sold for
£2,800