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Burma 1876 India Used @ Rangoon Envelope Sent to London via Calcutta ...more

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375.00 USD
(app. 318 EUR)

Spink London

Lot 4090

Burma. World War I Censors. The Cachets. 1914-24 group of ...more Burma. World War I Censors. The Cachets. 1914-24 group of censored envelopes and cards (37) including 1914 (7 Nov.) envelope ex the Groth correspondence to Denmark, bearing ½a. and 1a. pair tied by "rangoon r.m.s./set 1" double-ring d.s. and showing clear straight-line "passed censor" without stop in blue-black (Type RCS1), 1914 (16 Nov.) photographic postcard to USA bearing 1a. tied by "rangoon r.m.s./set 1" double-ring d.s., showing different Rangoon R.M.S. datestamp alongside (18.11) and fair to fine strike of straight-line "passed censor" without stop in blue-black (Type RCS1), 1914 (5 Dec.) envelope (fault top right corner) to USA, bearing ½a. and 1a. pair tied by "rangoon r.m.s./set 1" double-ring d.s., and 1914 (30 Nov.) picture postcard from Totok D.E.I. to "Burma Mines Ltd., Nam Tu, Northern Shan States" and bearing 1c.; both showing very fine and good to fine strikes of straight-line "passed censor", 1915 (31 Jan.) 1a. stationery card and (7 Mar.) coloured picture postcard bearing 1a. tied by "rangoon r.m.s. set 1/sor" double-ring d.s., both addressed to USA and showing fine straight-line "passed by censor" with stop in violet and in blue respectively, 1915 (27 Feb.) envelope ex the Grahame correspondence from Bassein to Colorado USA, bearing ½a. and 1a. pair tied by "rangoon r.m.s./set-1" double-ring d.s. and showing fine straight-line "passed by censor, rangoon" in blue, 1915 (13 Mar.) envelope (soiled) from USA to Rangoon showing tax markings and, on reverse, "rangoon g.p.o. no 2/unpaid" octagonal d.s. (3.4), and 1915 (3 Apr.) envelope ex the Grahame correspondence to Colorado USA and bearing ½a. and 1a. pair; both showing fine and good to fine straight-line "passed by censor, rangoon" in blue, 1915 (15 Apr.) envelope (lightly soiled) from Rangoon bearing 1a., and 1915 (Apr.) envelope from Tavoy bearing 2a.; both addressed to USA and showing mainly fine straight-line "passed by censor, rangoon" in violet-blue (Type RCS3A) and 1914 (1 June) - 1924 (7 Mar.) envelopes (13, one registered) and cards (2) addressed to Svendborg, the first eight envelopes to 29 August without censor markings and includes 1914 (1 June) from Thora Groth to her mother and 1914 (8 June) from Kurt to his wife addressed c/o Gloucestershire, c/o Agents Bibby Line, Port Said, then includes 1914 (6 Sept.) to his wife in Denmark showing two strikes of "passed censor/bombay" in violet, one tying "Opened under/Martial Law" label on reverse, 1914 (25 Oct.) envelope with same markings and label, 1916 (25 Feb.) and 1919 (15 Apr.) POW pre-printed cards with German message on reverse (different printings) from Ahmednagar, 1916 (26 July) printed POW envelope from Ahmednagar, and 1924 (19 Mar.) envelope from Ong Keng Seng to Marsmann Groth & Co. in Svendborg in Denmark, a very useful and interesting group (Estimate £800 - £1200)