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Extremely RARE King George V period Censor Cover with LABEL affixed OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW

Currency:INR Category:Stamps Start Price:25,000.00 INR Estimated At:25,000.00 - 30,000.00 INR
Extremely RARE King George V period Censor Cover with LABEL affixed OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW
14.75% extra added on Hammer amount as Buyer's Premium + GST (5% GST on Used Stamps, Covers, FDC (H.S.N. 9704) & 12% GST on Unused Stamps, Mint Stamps or New Issue (H.S.N. 4907)

auction payment time limit is 7 Days from the invoice date of the Auction (including Holidays & Sundays).

Items over 100 years old cannot be taken out of India without the permission of the Director General Archaeological Survey of India.
King George V, Censor Cover, 1917, On Active Service, Addressed to Captain W. M. Yale, 55th Coker's Rifles (Y. Y.), KOHAT | N.W.F.P. | INDIA. 55th Coker's Rifles (Frontier Force), was a regiment of the British Indian Army, it was raised in 1849 as the 1st Regiment of Punjab Infantry. The letter was redirected from KOHAT to A.R.O. Pathans, Peshawar, and delivered there on 9-3-1917, the letter was Censored in Two places and Bear seal within concentric circles, “PASSED | D | CENSOR”, in Magenta Colour and Green label affixed with a text, “OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW”, very good condition, a cover with rare cancellations and label on it, Extremely Rare.

Note: Kohat was is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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