Philately: ASIA single lots including Special Catalog Malaya Auction #39 Day 3

China - Portomarken: 1932. Registered illustrated envelope (faults/tear at top) headed 'Nestle and A
1932. Registered illustrated envelope (faults/tear at top) headed 'Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co/Mukden' addressed to Shanghai bearing Japan SG 243, 10s blue and SG 252, 4s orange tied by Moukden/I.J.P.O. date stamp in violet with Moukden registered label, hand-stamped 'via Dairen' with 'T' hand-stamp and bearing Chinese postage dues SG D335, 2c blue and SG D433, 1c orange tied by Shanghai receiver with Junk 10c blue on reverse paying the postage due. The Japanese stamps have not been recognized as payment by the Chinese and so 13 cents postage due applied in Shanghai. Since 1923 , when the Japanese P.O.'s in China were closed, the Chinese Govt. wanted those in Manchuria to do the same . This never took place. Registered · covers from the Japanese office in Moukden to Shanghai - routed via Dairen - where 13c postage due and was applied in Shanghai. A very rare combination. Exhibition quality.