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1937(Dec 12) Stampless New Year greeting card from Japanese soldier, Misumi Butai Shanghai Defence Force cancelled special pictorial handstamp celebrating Fall of Nanking on 12 December 1937 with boxed censor chop of censoring officer………… [The Japanese entered Nanking on 12 December and began a systematic slaughter of in excess of 200,000 civilian deaths during their actions which was a clear indication of Japans future intentions]