Lot 162
Malaya Japanese Occupation 2ct block with four-character seal, postally...

Auction: 20 June 2023 at 10:30 BST
£576
Description
Japanese Occupation. 1942 2c Straits block of four with the Okugawa Akira Revenue Seal in red, used on piece of registered envelope. Black CDS and light violet censor chop; the block partly obscured by impressed red wax seal reading KOTSUBU/ KEN-ETSU/ YUBIN KYOKO and censor. The reverse of the piece with a second seal, Oct. 1942 Penang CDS and a clear strike of the violet oval censor chop. BPA Certificate (2023); very rare postal use. ISC GHT2; see footnote after SG J76
Footnote
The seal translates as COMMUNICATIONS DEPT./ PREFECTURE/ POSTAL SERVICE.

