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Hong Kong Queen Victoria Cancellations and seals

Japan Cancellations and seals

Hong Kong Queen Victoria Cancellations and seals

Lot 1525

4,600 HKD

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1883 Canton (Oct) to Hong Kong, redirected to Shanghai. Cover front only, f.w. Hong Kong QV 2c, tied by scarce C1 obliterator in black,

1883 Canton (Oct) to Hong Kong, redirected to Shanghai. Cover front only, f.w. Hong Kong QV 2c, tied by scarce C1 obliterator in black, alongside with Canton BPO Webb type B cds. Webb recorded only 20 postcards and covers with C1 obliterator.1883.10 廣州寄香港，改寄上海。僅封面，貼香港維多利亞女皇像2仙，銷少見之C1黑色殺手戳，旁鈐廣州英局Webb B型日戳。Webb記錄中，C1封片僅有二十件。

Lot 1574

2,400 HKD

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1895 (11 May) OHMS cover from Hong Kong to India, frankless and applied with Hong Kong cds and Webb type X / Proud type PD23 circled "PAID"

1895 (11 May) OHMS cover from Hong Kong to India, frankless and applied with Hong Kong cds and Webb type X / Proud type PD23 circled "PAID" red mark. Transit Calcutta (1 Jun), Arrived Lahore (25 Jun), forwarded to Lahore DLO (25 Jun). Redirected to Bombay DLO (1 Aug). Proud stated that this type of marking was used on official mail for addressee in Hong Kong or other treaty ports in batches of not less than ten of uniform size and weight.1895.5.11 OHMS封自香港寄印度，無貼票，鈐香港日戳及Webb X型 / Proud PD23“PAID”紅色圓戳。6.1經加爾各答。6.25抵Lahore，6.25轉至Lahore死信局。8.1抵孟買死信局。Proud指此戳用於寄香港或其他商埠，內含不少於十件相同重量及尺寸郵件之總包。

Japan Cancellations and seals

Burma Cancellations and seals

Japan Cancellations and seals

Lot 2099

2,000 HKD

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1946 Japan (9 Jul) to Harbin but redirected to sender due to civil war, f.w. Japanese stamp 3s + 7s. Redirected to sender with Osaka

1946 Japan (9 Jul) to Harbin but redirected to sender due to civil war, f.w. Japanese stamp 3s + 7s. Redirected to sender with Osaka Central PO cachet “This mail cannot be delivered”. 1946.7.9 日本寄哈爾濱但因內戰退回寄件人，貼日本票3錢 + 7錢。鈐大阪中央郵便局“送達不能”指示戳。

Burma Cancellations and seals

India Cancellations and seals

Burma Cancellations and seals

Lot 2200

22,000 HKD

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1916 (15 Jan) Large official cover from the Viceroy of Yunnanfu to the Governor-General of Burma, Rangoon, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU

1916 (15 Jan) Large official cover from the Viceroy of Yunnanfu to the Governor-General of Burma, Rangoon, f.w. Native Girl surch YUNNANFOU with Chinese value x3, tied by Yunnanfu French PO cds, along with R mark. Transit Singapore (2 Feb). Arrived Rangoon (11 Feb). Very scarce usage of ROC official cover via French PO in Yunnan. Using “5th Year” instead of Hunghsien “1st Year” is also interesting as Yunnan was the first province to fight against the Hunghsien Empire. 1916.1.15 大型公文封，由雲南總督寄緬甸總督，貼土女圖加蓋YUNNANFOU連中文面值3枚，銷雲南府法局日戳，旁鈐R章。2.2經新加坡。2.11抵仰光。經雲南法局寄出之民國公文封，十分稀罕難得。同時寫有年份“民國五年”而非（洪憲）元年同樣極具歷史意義。

India Cancellations and seals

Burma Cancellations and seals

India Cancellations and seals

Lot 2510

3,200 HKD

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1941 a pair of cover and postcard from Yatung BPO to England and USA, f.w. Indian KGV or KGVI issues, tied by Yatung BPO cds. Both censored

1941 a pair of cover and postcard from Yatung BPO to England and USA, f.w. Indian KGV or KGVI issues, tied by Yatung BPO cds. Both censored in India with triangular marking. According to Steve Chazen and Danny Wong, there was a period of not conducing censorship in Tibet between Oct 1940 and Jun 1942, but this pair was still censored in India.1941年一對自亞東英局寄英美之封片，貼印度佐治五世及六世票，銷亞東英局日戳。均鈐印度檢查三角戳。蔡盛及王劍智記錄西藏於1940年10月至1942年6月間不實施郵政檢查，但這對封片仍需於印度受檢。

Burma Cancellations and seals

Lot 2823

2,200 HKD

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1935 Rangoon (7 Aug) to Santu. Qiaopi red band cover, f.w. Indian KGV 3a6p, tied by Rangoon cds. Arrived Amoy with “Attaching extra mail

1935 Rangoon (7 Aug) to Santu. Qiaopi red band cover, f.w. Indian KGV 3a6p, tied by Rangoon cds. Arrived Amoy with “Attaching extra mail is prohibited. Offender will be penalized / Wingfuk Com- pany” circular cachet in order to comply with UPU regulation that mails should not enclose any mail sent on behalf of other senders.1935.8.7 仰光寄三都。銀信紅條封，貼印度佐治五世3安娜6派，銷仰光日戳。抵廈門，鈐“禁止多夾信件違則重罰 / 永福公司”圓戳，以合萬國郵聯“信內不准夾寄他人信件”之規定。