** RARE MANUSCRIPT CANCEL DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION; Apr....

Hammer

£1,100

** RARE MANUSCRIPT CANCEL DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION; Apr. 1942 env. (minor faults) to Trinidad, unusual thus especially for commercial mail, franked pair KGVI 2d tied by 'Post Office/Tulagi 13.4.1942' in crayon mss. with censor tape at left tied by 'diamond' and framed censor h.s. Major exhibition item and very few believed to exist. Note: After the Japanese invasion the civilian postal system ceased and no handstamps were available. Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, JAPAN