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Auction: 22130 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - Featuring the “M” Collection of India, Part 2 - e-Auction - e-Auction
Lot: 188

Burma
Issued Stamps
1938-40 3a.6p. light blue and blue, tied by "falam/12 aug. 42" datestamp to envelope to Shillong, endorsed "Naylor/D.C.Chin Hills/Falam", backstamped Aijal/Lushai Hills/ 21 Aug. 42 and with Shillong 28 Aug. slogan receiver (Falam being one of the 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 the Japanese occupied territory, between Aijal in the Lushai Hills in India and the four unoccupied town in the Chin Hills. The service ceased in November 1943 when the Japanese finally occupied the Chin Hills); the envelope with a light bend but fine and an extremely rare cover especially so bearing a normal Postage issue rather than the more usual Official. S.G. 27

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Estimate
£700 to £800

Starting price
£600