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Auction: 24017 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia
Lot: 705

Sarawak
Japanese Occupation
Kuching Overprint
1c., 3c. black, 4c., 6c. carmine, 8c. red-brown, 12c. blue, 15c. orange and 20c., all with overprint in black, each with part light cancellation in one corner and each initialled "MDR" on reverse, fine. A rare group. Photo

Note: Following the drop of the atomic bombs on 6th and 9th August 1945, Sarawak stamps came back into limited but philatelic use, but only at Kuching.

provenance:
David Hubbard

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Sold for
£2,700

Starting price
£1500