Lot 221
Hong Kong WW2 detained mail

The Academic Collection - Part 1 | 5960
Auction: 19 October 2023 at 10:30 BST
£336
Description
1941 envelope containing Christmas card to Winnipeg, from a Major in the Hong Kong Defence Force, bearing 5c Centenary and 15c definitive tied by 7 DE CDS. The 15c overstruck by a fine strike of the rare boxed DETAINED IN HONGKONG/ BY JAPANESE/ FROM DECEMBER 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 1945, in black. On the reverse, violet Censor triangle and Winnipeg Grenadiers receiving cachet of SEP 25 1945. Rare, ex John Daynes

