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Auction: 167 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 449

S.G. #O18, 1939 1a Purple-brown overprinted "SERVICE", horizontal strip of five tied to registered legal-sized official cover by 1942 Falam datestamp to Aijal, Falam being one of four towns in the Chin Hills still occupied by the British after the rest of Burma had been occupied by the Japanese in May, 1942, a runner post was established in May, 1942 to carry official mail through Japanese occupied territory, between Aijal in the Lushai Hills in India and the four unoccupied towns in the Chin Hills, the service ceased in November, 1943, when the Japanese finally occupied all of the Chin Hills, Burma "Service" stamps were initially used on mails from these four towns, but when supplies of service stamps ran out ordinary stamps were overprinted "O.H.M.S." by handstamp or typewriter, a list of the 33 covers recorded from this service bearing Burma stamps was published in the spring 1983 edition of the thirteen of these covers bore these service overprinted stamps, Aijal backstamp, very fine and attractive usage.

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