HONG KONG continued...
| Lot |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 581 |
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 WWII CENSOR MARKS. RARE "FIELD POST OFFICE/208" O.A.S. COVER TO G.B. + RARE BOXED NAVAL "PASSED BY CENSOR" (MS DATE); Rare
stampless 20 Feb. 1941 "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" env. to G.B. with mainly fine rare 2-ring "FIELD POST OFFICE/208" cds as well as the only HK usage of a very fine small "CENSORED" mark over the signature on the front; plus attractive 22 June 1940 env. to
Australia (arrival censor label & cachet) with HK $1 + 15c tied by Victoria cds but also having a very rare v. fine boxed blue Naval "PASSED BY CENSOR" mark on the flap with manuscript initials and date in the centre (only 2 recorded used in HK).
Rare pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 582 |
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 WWII P.O.W. MAIL. CAMP N (ARGYLE ST., KOWLOON) - RARE "Sce des Prisonniers de Guerre" RED ENVELOPE USED TO U.K.; Fine c.1942
example of this rare P.O.W. red imprints envelope from "C.R. JONES, P.O.W. CAMP N, HONG KONG" (written on flap) to Norfolk with Hasegawa censor chop partly beneath British "1851" censor label at left. These POW covers are much rarer than the similar
postcards, and this example is in unusually fine condition. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Starting at £ 160
CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 583 |
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 WWII P.O.W. MAIL. CAMP S (SHAMSHUIPO, KOWLOON) - "Sce des Prisonniers de Guerre" RED IMPRINTS POSTCARD USED TO U.K.; c.1943/4
example of this rare P.O.W. red imprints postcard from "GIDDINS. RODNEY WALTER. P.O.W. [some words - and date? - inked out by censor] HONG KONG PRISONER OF WAR CAMP S" to Huntingdon with Hasegawa censor chop. The brief message just says that Giddins
is "Well and quite all right...". Fine example of a censor-edited card.Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 584 |
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 WWII P.O.W. MAIL. STANLEY INTERNMENT CAMP - 2s RED PC USED TO "CAMP N" + 'MULTIPLE-CHOICE' PC TO AUSTRALIA; 13 Nov. 1943
usage of the Japanese 2s Red PC (slightly damp-affected) from Mrs. Hunter in "BLOCK 16, ROOM 34, INDIAN QUARTERS, STANLEY INTERNMENT CAMP" to her P.O.W. husband in "CAMP N, ARGYLE STREET, KOWLOON" with longer message ref. Birthday/Xmas presents. With
pencil note "P.O.W. cards only allowed now" on front. Plus unusual c.1944 pre-printed Stanley Camp "BRIEF MESSAGES FROM PERSON IN HONG KONG" PC addressed to N.S.W. but with the multiple-choice statements left unaltered; possibly sent under cover? (2
cards) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - WWII (Image) (Image2)
(All Images)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 585 |
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 WWII P.O.W. MAIL. STANLEY CAMP "P.O.W. MAIL/MILITARY INTERNMENT CAMP HONGKONG" IMPRINTS PC USED TO UK; Fine 2 Oct. 1944 usage
of the red & black imprints PC from Nora Bascmobe sent to Shaftesbury with Hasegawa censor chop; brief message asking after family members. Remarkably fine condition.Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY -
WWII (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 586 |
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 WWII P.O.W. MAIL. STANLEY INTERNMENT CAMP - 'EMERGENCY' BROWN PAPER XMAS PC USED TO P.O.W. IN "CAMP S"; Dec. 1944 usage of a
small piece of brown wrapping paper as a 'postcard' addressed to "PRISONER OF WAR CAMP S" (Shamshuipo, Kowloon) by a "Mr & Mrs Brown (British), Block A4, room 15, Military Internment Camp, Hong Kong" with Xmas greetings, having a pencil note "Recd.
23/12/44" on reverse. Most unusual and in very fine condition.Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 587 |
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 WWII P.O.W. MAIL. INGOING MAIL FROM CANADA - STAMPED & STAMPLESS COVERS TO SHAMSHUIPO/H.K. P.O.W.s; 14 May & 21 Oct. 1942
envs. (some wear/slight stains) to Canadian rifleman/signalman POWs at Hong Kong; the first with red crayon "S" (for Shamshuipo Camp), but the other seems to have reached the addressee in Tokyo after his transfer to a Camp there in Jan. 1943. Good
pair. (2 cards)Cross Reference: CANADA, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 588 |
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 WWII P.O.W. MAIL. STANLEY CAMP - INGOING COVER EX AUSTRALIA + 2s CARD UPRATED WITH 1s EX WANCHAI (H.K.); c.1943 "AUSTRALIAN
RED CROSS" red imprints env. (worn) to a "Civilian Internee, HONGKONG" from "Armidale, N.S.W." with v. fine purple diamond "3/336" Australian censor mark and red Maejima censor chop. Plus 26 Mar. 1945 usage of the Japanese 2s Red PC (creases) uprated
for the 3s rate with a Jap. Occ. 1s tied by a fine HK cds addressed to "Military Internment Camp, Kowloon" from the addressee's wife in "Wanchai". Good pair. (2 items)Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY -
P.O.W. MAIL, AUSTRALIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 589 |
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 WWII P.O.W. MAIL. INGOING STAMPLESS P.O.W. POST COVERS EX G.B. TO N. POINT/STANLEY CAMPS + TO P.O.W.s MOVED TO JAPAN; Fine 3
July/22 Sept./16 Nov. 1942 trio of stampless envs. from N. Shields/Sutton/London to Internees in "North Point Camp" or "Stanley Camp" (2; recd. 3 July or 9 Apr. 1943); all with red Japanese arrival censor chops. Plus similar Oct. 1943/Mar. 1944 pair
of envs. ex Haslemere/Huddersfield to "Hong Kong" POWs but both having blue boxed "[Zent Fu]" (Zentsuji) Camp censors (latter recd. on 21 July 1944). Good lot. (5 covers)Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY -
P.O.W. MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 590 |
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 WWII P.O.W. MAIL. RETURNED FROM ABROAD/SERVICE SUSPENDED + OCTAGON "HONG KONG/1945/POSTAGE PAID" COVERS; 3 July 1945
stampless env. (creases) from Shaftesbury, Dorset headed 'Prisoner of War Post./Service Des Prisonniers de Guerre' addressed to 'Miss Bascombe, British Civilian Internee, Military internment Camp, Hong Kong' with 'Opened by Examiner 7804' label at
left but also with purple 'RETURNED FROM ABROAD/SERVICE SUSPENDED' on the front with ms 'P.T.O.' ('Returned Letter Section/London Postal Region' label on reverse). Rare failed ingoing POW cover to Hong Kong. [Ex Gaertner auction Oct. 2017; lot 7514,
realised 320 euros +BP.] Plus Sept. 1945 stampless env. to GB from an "ex-Internee" in HK endorsed "Liberated P.O.W. Mail" on the front front with a fair octagon-boxed "HONG KONG/1945/POSTAGE PAID" mark. (2 covers) (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 591 |
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 JAPANESE OCCUPATION & LATER. JAPANESE STAMPS WITH H.K. GOVT. SURCHARGES - FDC, LAST DAY OF P.O., ETC.; 16 Apr. 1945 env.
regd. to Shanghai with surcharge 2s Red + scarce 5s Brown (fault) tied by v. fine First Day Usage "20.4.17" cds; plus unused single + block of 4 + vert. pair of the 2s red, unused & used 1s Brown, fair used 5s Brown, c.t.o. 16 Aug. 1945 used $1.50
surcharge Japan 2s red p. stat. PC, and 31 Aug. 1945 propaganda PPC with 1s Brown & 2s Red surcharges tied by Last Day cds. (10 items) Cross Reference: FIRST DAY COVERS, MILITARY - WWII (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
(All Images)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 592 |
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 JAPANESE OCCUPATION & LATER. JAPANESE STAMPS USED ON COVERS IN HONG KONG - MANY DIFFERENT P.O.s' CDS CANCELS, ETC.; 1943/45
covers (mainly philatelic) with regular Japanese stamps used with various Hong Kong sub-office cds cancels (13); plus set of 6 1942 envs. (only 2 addressed) with fancy celebratory cancels in blue, red, purple or black. (19 covers) Cross
Reference: MILITARY - WWII, JAPAN (Image) (Image2)
(All Images)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 593 |
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 JAPANESE OCCUPATION & LATER. RARE BOXED "DETAINED IN HONGKONG/BY JAPANESE/FROM DECEMBER 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 1945" MARK ON COVER
TO U.S.; Fine 1 Dec. 1941 env. to New York with HK KGVI 15c Red pair tied by a fine 2-ring Victoria cds but having a large part boxed purple "[NOT] OPENED/BY/[C]ENSOR" on the front with matching boxed "NO SERVICE" and v. fine black boxed "RETOUR" but
also having (inverted beneath the address) a mainly very fine strike of the rare boxed "DETAINED IN HONGKONG/BY JAPANESE/FROM DECEMBER 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 1945" marking. Colourful and rare Exhibition Item of great character. Cross Reference:
MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 340
SOLD for £500.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 594 |
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 JAPANESE OCCUPATION & LATER. DETAINED IN HONGKONG/BY JAPANESE/FROM... MARK ON FRONT TO CANADA + SAI YING PUN "RETOUR"; 8 Dec.
1941 front (repairs but attractive) to Canada endorsed "Censored J.E. Park Lt." with HK Centenary 5c tied by a 2-ring Victoria cds but also having a mainly very fine strike of the rare boxed "DETAINED IN HONGKONG/BY JAPANESE/FROM DECEMBER 1941 TO
SEPTEMBER 1945" marking alongside. Plus 30 Oct. 1940 commercial env. to Chungking with HK KGVI 5c+30c tied by a very fine scarce "HONG-KONG/SAI YING PUN" 2-ring cds but also with v. fine boxed "RETOUR" matching the fair HK RLO cds and Victoria 2-ring
cds on the reverse (also with part "Receipt for Registered Article" slip attached to front). Rare pair. (2 items)Cross Reference: RETURNED MAIL, CANADA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £360.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 595 |
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 JAPANESE OCCUPATION & LATER. BALANCE OF WWII MAIL - "BUY/BOMBERS", RED CROSS HK LABEL & VARIED "SERVICE SUSPENDED" TYPES;
1939-41 covers inc. Sept. 1940 to US with large HK Red Cross "BRITISH WAR ORGANISATION FUND" label (+ one off cover), July 1941 ingoing env. ex Australia with fair HK "BUY/BOMBERS" mark, Nov./Dec. 1941 envs. (4) ex Australia (2) + S. AFrica + GB all
with service suspended type marks, May 1939 US patriotic Navy env. with US HK/B.C.C duplex, etc. Plus regd. receipt & 40c Stamp Duty stamp on document. Also a modern reprint of 20 Dec. 1941 Daily Express. (13 items)Cross Reference: MILITARY -
WWII, RETURNED MAIL, AUSTRALIA, RED CROSS (Image) (Image2)
(All Images)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 596 |
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 JAPANESE OCCUPATION & LATER. KOWLOON INDIAN ARMY P.O. - RARE INTAGLIO "F.P.O./127" DS ON COVER TO JODHPUR; Fine 1(?) Dec.
1945 "On Active Service" env. from "Hong Kong" (annotated sender's signature on the flap) "H.Q., Jodhpur State Forces... India" with "AIR MAIL" cachet at top left of address and a mainly very fine very rare Intaglio "F.P.O./127/DE" Indian Forces P.O.
in Hong Kong mark at top right. Few examples of this Intaglio F.P.O. mark have been recorded. [Annotated on the flap in pencil as having been ex Robson Lowe on 16 July 1958. Also ex Gaertner Oct. 2014 auction; lot 1882 realised 850 euros + BP.]
Cross Reference: INDIA, MILITARY - WWII (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 597 |
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 JAPANESE OCCUPATION & LATER. POST-WWII KGVI PERIOD MILITARY MAIL INC. INDIAN F.P.O.s, AIRMAILS, G.B. HIGH VALUE USAGES, ETC.;
1945-53 covers inc. many FPO cancels of British (385x2 inc. GB KGVI 2s-6d Green solo usage to US & 1953 "MARITIME MAIL" parcel cancel on GB Festival 2s-6d on Kowloon naval label), RAFPOST (6 with 1945 Squadron Xmas card, 130 & HK), Indian (1945/6
quartet ex FPOs 127, 222, 334 & 366), and US Military/Naval forces. Good variety, mainly 1945/46. (25 items)Cross Reference: MILITARY
(Image) (Image2)
(All Images)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 598 |
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 JAPANESE OCCUPATION & LATER. POST-WWII KGVI PERIOD AIRMAIL RATES STUDY INC. MANY $1+ FRANKINGS, ETC.; 1945-52 covers/cards
with a wide variety of rates and routes/destinations; inc. curious 17 Oct. 1945 commercial env. with pink paper label across address ref. duplicates by air and sea, Aug. 1947 Portland crash cover with purple "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER", 1945 uprated 15c
red p. stat. env. to GB with 50c+25c+2x5c, 1947 $2.25 rate to NY "VIA PHILIPPINE AIR LINES BY AIR THROUGHOUT", $6.30 rates to France or USA, Air Letters, a few First Flights (inc. 1 Feb. 1947 uprated 2c PC to Shanghai, etc. Good lot. (34
covers)Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2)
(All Images)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £500.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 599 |
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 JAPANESE OCCUPATION & LATER. POST-WWII KGVI AIRMAIL COVERS WITH VARIOUS "BY AIR TO... LONDON/CALCUTTA/MARSEILLE", ETC.;
1945/50 group all ex HK with KGVI frankings with these scarce marks and some "...THROUGHOUT" types; inc. various types/sizes/colours of "...TO LONDON ONLY" marks (8 inc. scarce unframed red or black rubber types), "...TO OFFICE OF EXCHANGE ONLY"
marks (4; to Belgium, USA, India or Canada - latter an uprated regd. env. with $5x2+$2), "...TO CALCUTTA ONLY" (2), "PAR AVION de HONG KONG a MARSEILLE" (2), or "AIR-MAIL THROUGHOUT" (2 types; 2 to ZUrich + 1 to US). Plus 1950 env. with no cachet.
Good lot. (20 covers) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2)
(All Images)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
| 600 |
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 JAPANESE OCCUPATION & LATER. HONG KONG: Binder with selection of 1910-78 covers inc. KGV (12) mainly airmail with various
routings but inc. Lloyd Triestino cds on cover (1934, one stamp removed), also China (Shanghai) flown Es (4 with routing cachets), Saigon-HK FFC (1938) and later commercial mail inc. FPO and cancellation interest. (65) (Image)
Get Market Data for [Hong Kong Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Starting at £ 120
SOLD for £440.00
Closing..Nov-05, 04:00 AM |
