cover 1942 (9 May) unoverprinted Straits 2c. green stationery card, addressed locally and uprated with unoverprinted 1c. (2), the stamp impression and one 1c. cancelled by Japanese type c.d.s., and bearing at left 8c. scarlet handstamped in red and tied by bi-lingual "SYONAN/SERANGOON ROAD" double-ring d.s. (Type JD1) with violet censor chop below; light central vertical crease and some very minor fox marks in places. Rare. Photo | Christie's

Lot 804

804

cover 1942 (9 May) unoverprinted Straits 2c. green stationery card, addressed locally and uprated with unoverprinted 1c. (2), the stamp impression and one 1c. cancelled by Japanese type c.d.s., and bearing at left 8c. scarlet handstamped in red and tied by bi-lingual "SYONAN/SERANGOON ROAD" double-ring d.s. (Type JD1) with violet censor chop below; light central vertical crease and some very minor fox marks in places. Rare. Photo

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cover 1942 (9 May) unoverprinted Straits 2c. green stationery card, addressed locally and uprated with unoverprinted 1c. (2), the stamp impression and one 1c. cancelled by Japanese type c.d.s., and bearing at left 8c. scarlet handstamped in red and tied by bi-lingual "SYONAN/SERANGOON ROAD" double-ring d.s. (Type JD1) with violet censor chop below; light central vertical crease and some very minor fox marks in places. Rare. Photo