Lot# 5711

The 2023 Summer Auction - Sale 340   24th to 28th June 2023, Hong Kong

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Lot# 5711
Starting Price: 1,000 HK$
Hammer Price: 1,400 HK$
Start Price was changed from HK$1,800 to HK$1,000；起拍價由HK$1,800改至HK$1,000
1942 (May 25) Canada to Hong Kong P.O.W. censored cover,

f.w. Canada KGVI 1c x 3, endorsed "POSTAGE FREE/ PRISONER OF WAR MAIL/ c/o Japanese Red Cross/ TOKYO.", nevertheless franked. Sealed at left Canadian censor tape, on front with Hong Kong Japanese censor mark. A red "S" in crayon for Sham Shui Po POW camp. Although dated May 1942 this cover was held until July 1942 by which time Japan had agreed to mail delivers through international Red Cross. This cover is endorsed in pencil on the back "RECEIVED/APRIL 29/1943".

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