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Auction: 25020 - The Tom Gosse Collection of the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia
Lot: 201

(x) Burma
Burmese Government

1943 Farmer Issue
Covers
1943 (12 Oct.) re-used OHMS envelope from Bassein to Rangoon (originally from the Director of Prisons to Bassein bearing 10c.) with label affixed, bearing 5c. large "C" vertical strips of three (2), showing various manuscript notations including "90 grms, - 15c (single", "rangoon-sor/due" hose-shoe h.s. with manuscript "15c" alongside, "paid" and "cancelled" h.s. in violet to signify the charge was met and discharged, and "One Blood, One Voice, One Command" Burmese h.s.. Most unusual. Photo

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Estimate
£150 to £180

Starting price
£110