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Auction: 5006 - British Empire
Lot: 223

BURMA Japanese Occupation Issues Burmese Government 1943 (15 Feb.) State Crest 5c. Scarlet Covers 1943 (27 Apr.) envelope registered from Kyawzan to Kuala Pilah, Malaya, bearing an imperforate example in combination with, on reverse, Farmer 2c. and 5c. with small "c" (4) with another stamp (3c.?) fallen off, all cancelled with double-ring d.s. and showing, on reverse, censor chop in violet, Singapore and arrival c.d.s. A rare usage of this stamp outside of Burma Estimate £ 80-100 Note: A Special Circular No. 20, dated 5 March 1943, notified that a service to Malaya had opened and "Registered letters only should be accepted for the present"

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