Lot 169
Burma Chin Hills cover

The Academic Collection | Part 4 | S24025
Auction: 16 December 2024 at 10:30 GMT
£252
Description
1943 envelope to Simla bearing 1½a Indian stamp cancelled Falam, 19 APR. The envelope slightly reduced at top (which has a small tear) and with damaged backflap. PASSED CENSOR 27 in violet. Boxed Simla arrival of 5 MAY on reverse
Footnote
In early 1943 Burmese stamps were replace by Indian stamps, reflecting the absorption of the Chin Hills into the Indian postal service. The backflap records the sender as H.N.C. Stevenson, Acting District Commissioner at the time

