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Auction: CSS109 - The ‘Connaught’ Collection of Hong Kong, Part 2
Lot: 6678

Hong Kong
Military Mail
Japanese Occupation
1941 (8 Dec.) opened-out envelope sent air mail to Australia bearing K.G.VI 15c. and $1 tied by Victoria c.d.s., with censor seal at left and a good strike of the framed "detained in hongkong/by japanese/from december 1941 to september 1945" struck in purple. The recipient had moved and there are several redirections

Note: purple ink was used on westbound Detained covers, black on eastbound

Sold for
HK$8,500

Starting price
HK$3500