MILITARY MAIL GROUP; Range with unfranked 1915 censored PPC's to Germany from German POW's in Japan, one with oval three-line Matsuyama Camp h.s., 1915 PPC to Germany depicting the siege of Tsingtau between Japan & Germany and endorsed 'Feldpost' and from a German Marine and other related examples. (9 items) Cross Reference: GERMANY, JAPAN, PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)

BURMA CIVILIAN MAIL FRANKINGS; Trio with Apr. 1941 airmail env. to Los Angeles franked Burma KGVI 1a (9) + 4a ex Rangoon with framed "NO OPENED/BY/CENSOR" h.s. on front, Sep. 1943 KGVI 1½a env. to Calcutta uprated 1r, 3a, 12a & 3p tied by "HAKA" cds - captured by the Japanese six weeks later and Sep. 1944 censored 'CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION CORPORATION' env. to USA ex Calcutta franked India KGVI 4a + 1½a (2) with Calcutta reg. label on front. (3 covers) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, AIR MAIL COVERS, INDIA, BURMA (Image)

BURMA PEACOCK BIA ADMINISTRATION FRANKING; 9 July. 1942 env. to Maubin franked India 2p + 9p with blue-black 'Peacock' opts tied by Kyonpyan cds. BPA Cert. (1994) Cross Reference: BURMA, INDIA, JAPAN (Image)

BURMA PEACOCK BIA ADMINISTRATION FRANKING; 29 Aug. 1942 env. to Kyonpyaw franked India KGVI 6p pair with blue-black 'Peacock' opts tied by Henzada cds. BPA Cert. (1994) Cross Reference: BURMA, INDIA, MILITARY, JAPAN (Image)

BURMA REGISTERED MAIL; 8 July 1943 env. to Nyaunglebin with printed & perforated 'PEGU' reg. label on front and franked 3c Farmer, 2c Farmer & Japan 15c on 4a opt all on rear and tied by Pegu cds. Scarce, sold in a Oct. 2015 London auction for £330. Cross Reference: BURMA, JAPAN, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF BURMA CIVILIAN MAIL; Pair with 1943 env. to Twante franked pair 5c Elephant (2) tied by Manaung cds and 1944 env. to Rangoon franked 1a Framer tied by Taunggyi cds with Experimental PO and Rangoon cds on rear. (2 covers)Cross Reference: BURMA, JAPAN, ANIMALS (Image)

JAPANESE FORCES IN BURMA; Range with 1943 militray mail reply card to Burma (Chita arrival cds) ex Japan and franked 2s, 1944 Japan 2s domestic PC's uprated 1s or 3s PC to the Japanese Army in Burma, 1945 Dove & Helmet PC from the Japanese Army in Birma to the Japanese Army in Philippines and a c1945 military star PC to Korea from the 55th Burma Division in Phnom Penh. (10 cards)Cross Reference: JAPAN, BURMA, PHILIPPINES (Image)

CHINA FLAG FRANKINGS USED ON FOREIGN MAIL; Trio with 1939 env. to Germany ex Shanghai franked 25c + 5c + 20c Sun Yat Sen, 1940 env. to NY franked 25c (2) + 30c Sun Yat Sen tied by Shanghai cds, 1940? censored airmail env. to NY franked 25c + 50c with HK censor tape and mark on front plus a Nov. 1940 env. to China with Manchukuo 10f, 4f & 2f franking (another missing). (4 covers) Cross Reference: CHINA, JAPAN, MAPS (Image)

POW CAMP MAIL FROM MANCHURIA; c1943 POW censored PC to England with framed "SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE" h.s., framed Chinese-character "HOTEN POW CAMP HEADQUARTERS CENSORED" incorporating a circular red seal (unrecorded by Tett), violet Japanese "FURYO YUBIN" h.s. Typed and signed message on rear 'The Mukden Prisoner of War Camp/Mukden Manchukuo'. Three examples are believed to exist of which this is the only one with the violet POW mark. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, CHINA, JAPAN, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)

GILBERT & ELLICE/FANNING IS. MAIL IN WWII; Pair with rare and unusual Aug. 1941 commercial folded printed matter wrapper to Fanning Is. franked Switzerland 5c tied by Berne machine cancel with US censor mark and "RETOUR/SERVICE SUSPENDED" h.s. on front and a June 1945 censored env. to USA franked Gilbert & Ellice KGVI 6d + ½d endorsed with return address 'Cable Station at Fanning Is.' (2 covers) Cross Reference: GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, SWITZERLAND, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED (Image)

MAIL SHOT DOWN BY THE JAPANESE & DETAINED IN HONG KONG; 14 Nov. 1939 censored airmail env. to Bombay franked Japan 50s, 30s & 5s tied by two other Japanese cds with two strikers of the framed "PASIND 5" h.s. on front or rear and with "VICTORIA/HONG KONG" (30.11.1939) and "BOMBAY" (12.12.1939) cds on rear. Mail deliberately detained as a result of the Imperial Airlines Dardanus shot down by Japanese fighter planes and forced to land on Weichow Is. Remarkable example of detained WWII mail. Cross Reference: INDIA, JAPAN, HONG KONG, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

RARE HONG KONG DETAINED MAIL LABEL; Very rare Nov. 1941 unsealed env. (rear flap missing) to USA franked China 10c on 25c Sun Yat Sen tied by " cds bilingual "CHUNGKING" and a "PATIGNAM"(?) cds with circular "U.S.CENSORSHIP/Examined/By '8372'" h.s. on front and type-script label "After returned from Hongkong/where it was originally sent/throug, [spelling error] and kept for a long/time owing to hostilities,/this letter is now forwarded/via Chungking." and tied by a Canton and Tihwa cds - latter in purple. Four examples of this spelling error label, applied at Canton, believed to exist. Important exhibition item. Cross Reference: HONG KONG, CHINA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

RARE HONG KONG DETAINED MAIL LABEL; Dec. 1941 unsealed env. (tape stain at left) to USA franked China 20c Sun Yat Sen tied by indistinct cds, Canton machine cancel and a Philadelphia machine cancel with a bilingual "CHUNGKING" cds below and type-script label "After returned from Hongkong/where it was originally sent/through, and kept for a long/time owing to hostilities,/this letter is now forwarded/via Chungking." and tied by a Canton and Tihwa cds - latter in purple. Rare label used on mail sent via Russia due to the Japanese blockade. Important exhibition item. Cross Reference: JAPAN, CHINA, HONG KONG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

DETAINED IN HONG KONG MARKING; 3 Dec. 1941 airmail env. (defective in places) to USA franked KGVI $1 (3) + 25c (2) tied by Victoria cds and with framed "NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR" and framed "DETAINED IN HONG KONG/BY JAPANESE/FROM DECEMBER 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 1945" h.s. on front. Rare.Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HONG KONG, AIR MAIL COVERS, MILITARY - WWII (Image)

HONG KONG PRE-OCCUPATION AIRMAILS; Quartet with Sep. 1940 censored airmail env. to Melbourne franked KGVI $1 + 15c tied by Victoria cds, Apr./May 1941 censored airmail envs. to NY franked KGVI $2. $1 & 50c tied by Victoria cds later with framed "NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR" h.s. on front and Nov. 1941 env. 'By C.N.A.C.' to Melbourne franked KGVI $1 (3) tied by Victoria cds. (4 covers) Cross Reference: HONG KONG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

HONG KONG POW ENVELOPE-POSTCARD; c1944 front (corner fault) of a printed 'Sce des Prisonniers de Guerre' env. as an improvised PC (message on rear; temporary measure due to a shortage of postcards) to the Internment Camp in Stanley and from a POW Camp 'N' also in Hong Kong and with Hasegawa and Takamatsu chops on front. Rare; only five examples recorded. Cross Reference: HONG KONG, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, JAPAN (Image)

MAIL TO HONG KONG POW/INTERNEES; Trio with May 1942 censored envs. to a Canadian Rifleman or a Civilian Internee endorsed 'Postage free' or franked Canada KGVI 1c (3) and both with a "POSTAGE FREE/PRISONER OF WAR MAIL/c.o Japanese Red Cross/TOKYO" h.s. on front, 8 Dec. 1942 'Greater East Asia War 1st Anniversary' folder franked Japan 5s tied by a Governors Office commemorative cancel and to the British Civilian Internment camp ex Kowloon with violet framed censor mark and Maejima chop on front. (3 items)Cross Reference: HONG KONG, JAPAN, CANADA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)

JAPANESE MILITARY IN HONG KONG; Pair with c1944 military star PC (clipped corner due to airmail service not being applicable) to Japan with censor mark at left and from a Hong Kong Army Hospital and 1945 Japanese 1y50s on 2y PC to Japan (?) with Jap. Occ. Hong Kong cds on front. Scarce pair (2 cards) Cross Reference: HONG KONG, JAPAN, MILITARY - WWII, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

JAPANESE AIRMAILS VIA HONG KONG; Trio with Mar. 1940 airmail envs. to London ex Tokyo franked 50s (3) or 30s (5) with "VICTORIA/HONG KONG" transit cds on rear and numbered triangular "PASSED/CENSOR/HONG KONG" marks on front and Apr. 1940 airmail env. to Sydney ex Yokohama franked 20s (2), 30s (2) + 10s + 5s also with "VICTORIA/HONG KONG" transit cds on rear and numbered triangular "PASSED/CENSOR/HONG KONG" mark on front, delayed in Brisbane en route due to mechanical issues. (3 covers) Cross Reference: HONG KONG, JAPAN, AIR MAIL COVERS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

HONG KONG/KOREA JAP. OCC. MAIL & CIVIL CENSORS PRE-OCC.: Range with 1940 airmail env. to HK franked Indochina 6c pair, 3c + 30c with numbered triangular "PASSED/CENSOR/HONG KONG" mark on front, Sep. 1941 censored Japanese 2s PC to Japan from the Keijo 22nd Unit in Korea, May 1942 censored military star PC from the 82nd Regt in Hanoi, 1942 PPC (depicting Japanese conquest of Shanghai) to Chosen franked 2s (2) but redirected to Seoul and a few others. (10 covers/cards)Cross Reference: HONG KONG, JAPAN, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, KOREA (Image)

JAPANESE OPT ISSUE USED IN PENANG; Apr. 1942 env. (small faults) to Kedah franked 'DAI NIPPON...' opts on Straits Settlements KGVI 2c block of four on rear just tied by a Penang double ring cds and with a "KEDAH" cds alongside side showing part of the year missing "19(42)" Cross Reference: JAPAN, MALAYA - JAPANESE OCCUPATION, MALAYA - PENANG (Image)

MALAYSIA SERVICE SUSPENDED INWARDS MAIL; Trio with 1941 censored env. to Penang franked New Guinea 3d with two strikes of the "RETOUR/[ARROW]" h.s. on front, 1941 censored env. to Penang ex Hobart franked Australia KGVI 2d with framed "NO SERVICE" h.s. on front and 1942 censored env. to Singapore franked Curacao 15c tied by Oranjestad cds with "RETURNED TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED" h.s. (3 covers) Cross Reference: NEW GUINEA, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED, MALAYA - PENANG, AUSTRALIA (Image)

MALAYSIA - JAPANESE OCC. MAIL & OCC. ISSUES; Range with c1942 censored military star PC's to Japan from the Syonan Defence Headquarters, one heavily censored partly obliterated with black ink, 1943 reused OHMS env. to Kuala Lumpur franked Jap. Occ. 8c tied by Kula Kubu Bharu cds, 1945 censored env. to Syonan franked Japanese Occ. 10c (5) + 1c (3) with printed 'Batu Pahat' reg. label on front and other related examples. (11 items) Cross Reference: JAPAN, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MALAYA - JAPANESE OCCUPATION, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

MALAY/PENANG FIRST DAY OF THE JAPANESE PO; 29 Mar. 1942 env. to Penang franked Straits Settlements KGVI 2c strip of four tied by two strikes of the double-ring "DAI NIPPON/G.P.O./PENANG" cds - the first day of the reopened PO under Japanese administration. ScarceCross Reference: JAPAN, MALAYA - JAPANESE OCCUPATION, MALAYA - PENANG, FIRST DAY COVERS (Image)

MALAYSIA/SARAWAK CENSORED MAIL; Range with 1941 env. to HK franked Sarawak 8c tied by Miri cds with Singapore transit cds and censor marks on front, 1941 censored airmail env. to Sydney franked Malaya KGVI 25c tied by "FPO/No.29" cds (Kuala Lumpur), c1941 local censored env. to Syonan franked Straits Settlements KGV 1c (no opts), 1941 censored env. to APO 1635 (Malaya) franked GB KGVI 1½d with two strikes of the framed "IT IS REGRETTED THAT/THIS ITEM COULD NOT BE/DELIVERED AT THE/ADDRESS STATED" h.s. on front, 1942 censored env. to Melbourne framed N.Indies 15c endorsed 'S S Marella'; Australian ship (PPC inc.) diverted to Batavia after finding Singapore under siege. (7 items)Cross Reference: SARAWAK, MALAYA - JAPANESE OCCUPATION, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (Image)