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Auction: 13038 - The Japanese Occupation Issues of South East Asia
Lot: 2046

Japanese Occupation of South East Asia
Burma
Burmese Independence Army Administration
1942 (May) "Peacock" Overprints
Overprinted at Henzada - S.G. Type 5
A reprinted proof of the eight types taken when the original plate was found after the war, marked at foot "Proof from the original Henzada printing plate of 8 impressions, i.e. very worn, state, with pin flaw in No. 8" in the handwriting of E.A. Smythies; also KG V 3p. lower right corner mint block of sixteen (8x2) with both [8] showing pin flaw.

Note: Only four of these reprinted proofs were made, one of which has subsequently been divided into two strips of four.

provenance:
Gerald Davis, April 2005

Estimate
SG$600 to SG$800