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Auction: 24017 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia
Lot: 102

(x) Burma
Japanese Occupation
Covers and Cancellations
1942 (9 Oct.) card written form Mr. Satake working at the Sankyo Kabushiki Company, Rangoon Branch to Mr Kentaro Mizu( ?) at the main branch of the Sankyo Kabushiki Company in Osaka, bearing ½a. on 2s. bright scarlet tied by "rangoon g.p.o./sorting" double-ring d.s., fine. The interesting content about the life in Rangoon "... I arrived in Rangoon 17 September. I'm fine here don't worry. Here I met Mr Inoue and Mr. Ito, they are taking care of me...The accommodation of the company is 2 ri (7.8km) north from the centre surrounded by tropical woods and there is a tennis court. In the garden there are so many flowers blooming. It is so much different from outside that is bare ground.... Extremely rare, believed to be just one of two known used commercial postcards in the Anna-Rupee period between 22/9/1942 and 14/10/1942. B.P.A. Certificate (2023). Photo


Notes: The Sankyo Kabushiki Company still exists and it is specialized in the production of fertilizer.

The Japanese both prioritised military needs, including the construction of a railway connecting Thailand and Burma for military purposes, as well as opening up the country for experimentation with strategic crops by Japanese companies and economic advisers. Charney, Michael W. and Naono, Atsuko (2015) 'The Burmese Economy under the Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945.'

provenance:
Narumi auction, February 2019
M. Tsuchiya collection

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

Estimate
£6,500 to £7,000

Starting price
£4500