VERY RARE REGISTERED INDIAN FPO 50C (KUCHING) COVER (ALSO SE...

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£1,000

VERY RARE REGISTERED INDIAN FPO 50C (KUCHING) COVER (ALSO SENT FROM SINGAPORE FPO 32 TO KUCHING); Large 6 Sept. 1941 env. (understandable wear around edges and rather roughly opened at one end) initially sent registered from Singapore (FPO 32) to the "O.C. 2/15th Punjab Regt., Malaya" with Straits KGVI 10c(2)+2c+1c (all except 1c with faults) tied by a fine Indian "FPO/No.32" Singapore cds with "INDIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL" oval and rare yellow "[FPO32]" (in m/s) regd. label; then redirected when received at Kuching with label and stamps on reverse; Sarawak 15c(2)+4c+1c all tied by a fine very rare 2-ring Kuching Indian "F.P.O. 50C" cds (only a few recorded; all for Sept./Oct. 1941) with very rare yellow "R.L./FPO-50-C" (in m/s) regd. label and triangular purple "No.3099" Kuching censor. Extremely rare registered Kuching FPO mail. Cross Reference: MALAYA - STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL