North Borneo Japanese Occupation 1943 4c red and 8c blue, SGJ18/19

North Borneo Japanese Occupation 1943 4c red and 8c blue, SGJ18/19North Borneo Japanese Occupation 1943 (29 Apr) 4c red and 8c blue, matching lower marginal blocks of 4, SGJ18 19. Brilliant quality, unmounted mint with full original gum. Attractive and very fine pictorial stamps. The 4c depicts Mount Kinabalu and the 8c a typical Borneo scene. The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is 260+. Japanese forces first landed in North Borneo on 15 December 1941. By 19 January 1942, the whole of North Borneo had been occupied.

'VICE-CONSULATE' handstamp in black

printing variety 'Break in lines below left scroll' (R4/9) SG359he

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £427+

Lovely deep colour

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Lovely fresh mint specimen examples with large part original gum

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