Lot 160
Hong Kong 1941 censor on redirected cover from Yugoslavia




Stamps and Covers of Asia & the Middle East | S25009
Auction: 2 September 2025 at 11:00 BST
£168
Description
1941 envelope to a ship “S.S.Bor” franked pair Yugoslavia 2d, the ship having moved and envelope forwarded to India and then again from there to New York, Bombay transits on reverse and twice censored, once on obverse with violet triangular handstamp, this overstruck with an internal New York redirection label; on reverse red Hong Kong censor tape tied on reverse with small bluish ‘21’ framed handstamp, a fine redirected cover chasing a ship across two oceans at a time of war, an unusual item




