1939-42 Covers and cards including 1941 (Nov.) covers from New York to Singapore with "RETURNED TO SENDER / SERVICE SUSPENDED" (2); 1942 cover from India to H.Q Malayan Command with boxed "SERVICE NOT NOW / AVAILABLE"; censored mail including registered cover from G.B with censor label tied by wax seals, AR card from India with Singapore censor, etc., also a Netherlands Indies cover to Ceylon with "BY K.L.M TO / (CALCUTTA) / & ONWARD / AIR TRANSMISSION", some faults. (29).
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Sale No: 48
Lot No: 1336
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Censorship. 1939 (Sep 8-26) Covers to G.B (4) or USA all with circular "PASSED BY CENSOR / (crown) / PENANG", one with boxed "T", one with address partly erased, otherwise all fine with unusually clear strikes of this uncommon censor, only recorded in September 1939. (5).
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Sold...GBP 120.00
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Lot No: 1337
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Censorship. 1939-41 Covers with Singapore or Penang censors, various types, all written up on pages including air mail cover from Batu Gajah to New Guinea, China to South Africa cover with small triangular framed "1" and "7", Netherlands Indies covers to USA (2) or Germany, etc. (17).
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Lot No: 1338
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Censorship / Clipper Covers. 1941 Clipper rate covers, comprising Jan 4th cover from Kuala Lumpur to USA franked $1.90; July 17th registered cover from Penang to USA franked $1.65 carried on the ANZAC Clipper delayed at Guam by bad weather; and Oct 7th cover from Kuala Lumpur to Switzerland franked $2, all censored, some faults, the registered cover very fine. (3).
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Sold...GBP 230.00
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Lot No: 1339
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Censorship. 1939-41 Covers to G.B (17), India (11) or USA (9), three uncensored, the others all with various Singapore or Penang censors. (37).
Opening GBP 250.00
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Lot No: 1340
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Censorship. 1939-41 Covers and cards with Singapore or Penang censors, including scarce "PERMIT / NO. 10" cachet; 1941 (Oct 14) cover to Japan with interesting letter written on the S.S "Anhui", the last British evacuation ship to leave Japan, which had to sail through one of the worst typhoons ever recorded; 1939 (Aug 18) postcard from Belgium with boxed "PASSED BY / 11 CENSOR" (lower right corner cut away); U34 meter on cover to Egypt; Johore stamps cancelled Singapore Paquebot c.d.s ; covers to Hawaii or Philippines; 1940 cover from Kuching with seven Sarawak stamps, etc. An unusual group. (11).
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Lot No: 1341
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Censorship. 1939-41 Covers (12), postcards (2) and a front including 1940 card to Penang bearing Kedah 1c vertical pair and large Malaya Patriotic Fund label tied by Kulim c.d.s; the others all censored in Singapore or Penang, including boxed "PASSED BY / 3 / CENSOR" with lower right corner cut away (2), etc., all fine. (15).
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Lot No: 1342
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Australian Forces. 1941-42 Covers to Australia with red circular "POSTAGE / 25 CENTS / JOHORE" (violet "BY AIRMAIL" cachet, faults) or 25c U19 meter, franked Johore 25c (faults) or stampless (2), with A.I.F Field P.O No 17 (3), 18 or 19 datestamps; cover franked 55c cancelled at Singapore, endorsed from an R.A.A.F officer with an R.A.F censor; and a cover from South Africa to a soldier in the A.I.F with Singapore civil censor. (7).
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Lot No: 1343
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Indian F.P.Os. 1941-42 Covers sent stampless to G.B (7), India (3) or locally in Singapore (2), franked 8c to Canada or India, 25c to India (3, Kedah or Perak stamps), 50c or $2 to G.B, datestamps comprise F.P.O 29 (+F.P.O 58A), 32 (3), 33 (4), 36 (3, two with Kedah stamps), 50 (4), 58B, Base Office 3 (2) or 4. Also a cover from an Indian officer franked Kedah 8c to India cancelled Sungei Patani c.d.s, and a cover from G.B with Base Office 3 arrival backstamp. All with triangular army censors, one with "No. 15 Field Coy" cachet, another with censor cachet of O.C Provost Company. (21).
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Lot No: 1344
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Forces Mail. 1939-42 Covers from British forces with datestamps of Singapore (8) or Field Post Office SP.501 (7), franked 8c (5), 50c, 55c (3) or stampless (6), and a civilian cover sent locally to N.S.I.A "Hong Siang" with civil censor and 50c stamp tied by F.P.O SP.501 c.d.s. One cover with large "PASSED BY / ARMY / CENSOR" and similar civil "PASSED BY / 7 / CENSOR", others with army censors (7), naval censors (4) or R.A.F censors (2), another uncensored cover addressed locally to H.M.S "Laburnam", one cover unusually to Jamaica. Three covers with cachets of "R.A.P.C Malaya", "3rd A.A Regt R.A" or ""D" Company 1st Bn. The Manchester Regiment" applied alongside the censoring officer's signature. Also a cover from China to a soldier in Singapore, redirected to Penang with Singapore civil censor. (17).
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Sold...GBP 270.00
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Lot No: 1345
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Forces Mail. 1945-46 Stampless O.A.S covers comprising cover to Holland with violet "NETHERLANDS POST OFFICE / SINGAPORE" c.d.s, boxed "DUTCH FORCES" and "10Gr."; air letter from a New Zealand soldier (Jay Force, N.Z Contingent en route to Japan, quarantined in Singapore due to a measles outbreak) with Indian F.P.O 594; covers with Indian F.P.O 51B, 189 or 217, or "PENANG / MALAYA" c.d.s. Also stampless civilian covers sent within Malaya with Klang or Penang datestamps, and 1945 (Sep 26) first day of British reoccupation of Penang cover with Straits stamps cancelled by oval of bars. (9).
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Sold...GBP 250.00
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Lot No: 1346
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Dutch Forces Mail. 1946 (Jan./Feb) Stampless O.A.S covers from Dutch soldiers all with violet "NETHERLANDS POST OFFICE / SINGAPORE" c.d.s (three also with boxed "10Gr.") to Holland (2), Batavia (Dutch arrival c.d.s) or Denmark, return addresses include "R.A.P.W.I Postkantoor Batavia" and "R.A.P.W.I / Singapore Detachment Tandjoeng Batal". Also 1946 cover from a soldier at Malik Papan franked Netherlands Indies 15c, to another Dutch soldier at Penang with circular "Passed by / R.N.F Censor / No.". (5).
