- £225.00
Germany. (Penang - Netherlands East Indies). 1939. Registered Air Mail envelope addressed to Moeara, Laboeh, Sumatra, Dutch Indies bearing Germany Yvert 444, 5pf green, Yvert 454, 30pf olive and Yvert 461, 100pf yellow-brown tied by Munchen date stamp '26th Aout 39' with matching registration label and 'Mit Luftpost' label, endorsed 'Flugpost' , anointed '6gr', routed via Penang with 'Passed By Censor' label tied by framed 'Passed By/ 11/ Censor' cachet on face and reverse with censor wax seals (4) in red, seals imprinted ''Passed By Censor/ 8' on face and reverse with Moeara, Laboeh arrival '15th Nov 39' on reverse.
Lovely item of mail with scarce censor wax seal applied in Penang. Only known numbers '2' and '8' and date recorded by 'Konrad Morenweiser' in 'British Empire Civil Censorship, British Asia' 22nd Dec 1939.'
The arrival date in the Dutch Indies confirms this censor seal is known earlier than listed by Morenweiser.
