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Auction: 24017 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia
Lot: 119

(x) Burma
The James Song FRPSL Large Gold Medal Collection of The Chin Hills District
After the Japanese occupied Rangoon in March 1942, an emergency mail service was organised by Major A.G. McCall, District Commissioner, Lushai Hills at Aijal.
The postal runners made an eight day journey from Haka, Tiddim and Fort White via Falam to Aijal in Assam and thence to India.
By July stamps overprinted "service" had become exhausted and ordinary postage stamps overprinted "ohms" by typewriter were approved
Falam
1942 (31 Aug.) large brown OHMS envelope (415x150mm.; folded for display) registered to Fort White, bearing Official 3p. bright violet vertical pair, 6a. bright blue marginal block of six (2x3) and 1½a. turquoise-green top left corner block of four, both with type-written "ohms" (Type 4), the 6p. block with one showing error "s" overlapped on "m" (only recorded example on this value), all tied by Registered double-ring c.d.s., showing provisional registration label with arrival datestamp (1.9) on revere. An attractive three colour franking. Photo

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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000

Starting price
£2400