MIXTURE INC. AIRMAILS; Range with 1936 FFC to Canton ex Hong Kong franked KGV 30c + 5c, 1936 British Royal Air Force Manila-Tokyo Flight env. but delayed to the a failed coup. 1937 US Naval diplomatic dispatch that no official state of war be recognised, 1937 USA 2c embossed env. to Peking uprated 15c, 50c & 3c with airmail label affixed and redirected back to USA plus mail from the German Ambassador in Chian and British Embassy in Tokyo at the time of diplomatic intervention and a 1937 philatelic unaddressed env. franked Belgium tied by a Brussels Conference cds involving none powers. (7 items) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, CHINA, JAPAN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

MAIL TO A HONG KONG EVACUEE IN AUSTRALIA; 6 Aug. 1940 censored airmail env. (paper clip stain & fault) to a HK evacuee c/- Ministry of the Interior, Canberra franked KGVI $2, $1 and 10c (3) tied by "REGISTERED/HONG-KONG" cds with printing 'HONG KONG' reg. label on front, redirected to a Salvation Army Hostel in Sydney and with Canberra and Sydney cds on rear. Very rare WWII evacuee mail. Cross Reference: HONG KONG, REGISTERED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, AUSTRALIA (Image)

CIVILIAN MAIL GROUP; Trio with Sep./Oct. 1937 PPC sent locally to Chon'an franked 2s tied by an indistinct cds and with a purple rubber arrival cds on front, 1938 env. (internal coloured illustration) to USA franked Japan 20s ex Pyongyang and May 1939 2s Japanese PC to Kunsan with a Tenan-Gunsan Up 1 TPO cds on front. (3 items)Cross Reference: JAPAN, KOREA, TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

SERVICE SUSPENDED MAIL TO CHINA; Pair with Nov. 1941 env. to Shanghai franked 5c Prexie and Jan. 1942 PPc to Wuaih franked 3c ex NY with censor mark on front and each with a "RETURNED TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED" or "SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURN TO SENDER/Foreign Section, Morgan Annex" h.s. on front. (2 items) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CHINA, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, JAPAN (Image)

CHINA OPTD CHARITY ISSUE; 1944 sheet of twenty-four (4 x 6; one piece of selvedge missing; no gum) of the $1 + $1 optd bilingual "$20 + $20" Scarce in this format. (24) Cross Reference: MILITARY, CHINA, JAPAN (Image)

CHINA/TAIWAN POST-WAR MAIL; Trio with 20 Sep. 1945 express env. to Tientsin 2 x $10 pair (one with Sun Min opt) tied by Shekmoon cds, 26 Feb. 1946 FDC to Dairen ex Harbin franked liberated Manchuria 20f, 30f (both colours), 50f & 1 y all optd and 1946 Japan 2s PC to Japan ex Taiwan uprated 5s with Taiwan opt and twice-censored. (3 covers) Cross Reference: CHINA, CHINA - TAIWAN, FIRST DAY COVERS, JAPAN (Image)

'DISARMED JAPANESE PERSONNEL' POSTAL STATIONERY CARD: 13 Mar. 1946 Red Dove military postal stationery card used from Japanese POW field post office at Rabaul with ms 'Disarmed Japanese Personnel' at top. Letter states "I have not received mail since my arrival in Rabaul in 1943...I don't know when I will be able to return, but I suppose that I will be able to come home in this year". Rare. Sold in our Dec. 2019 sale for £280Cross Reference: NEW GUINEA, JAPAN, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)

JAPANESE POW IN MALAYA; Feb. 1947 Japanese military PC (faint crease; few blemishes) to Japan with bilingual (English/Japanese) "MAIL OF DISARMED MILITARY PERSONNEL" imprint at top and used from the 25th Army Military Administration in Selangor and with a USA shield censor mark on front. Unusual. Cross Reference: JAPAN, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MALAYA - SELANGOR (Image)

PICTURE POSTCARD GROUP; Range depicting aspects of the war inc. 1904 Japanese undenominated PC's to Australia franked Siam 4a + 1a or 3a + 2a, 1904 German produced card used within Australia, 1905 Valentine coloured production depicting the Battle of Wa-fang-kau used within England, 1905 partially coloured PC used in Japan depicting the entry of Marshal Oyama into Mukden and a few others.(10 cards) Cross Reference: THAILAND/SIAM, JAPAN, RUSSIA, PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)

UNUSED PICTURE POSTCARDS & STATIONERY; Range with c1906 coloured fold-out illustrated stationery lettersheet depicting banquets due to Japan's win, B&W PC depicting a field after the Battel of Liaoyang, coloured caricature labelled 'Le Coup De Port Arthur', coloured caricature PC depicting General Nogi and General Stessel, B&W caricature Pc labelled 'The Severe fighting at the North Hill of Nu-shan' and other related examples inc. an 18896 env. to Sumatra franked 5s pair with a Hong Kong transit cds on rear. (26 items) Cross Reference: JAPAN, PICTURE POSTCARDS, RUSSIA (Image)