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1943 (Mar 11) Plain window envelope to Divisional Officer Estren (sic) Range, Enemy Property (Dawsons Bank), Pyapon bearing on reverse Burma Farmer 1a tied Kyaiklat cds & with Pyapon arrival (12 Mar) arrival cds & hexagonal Pyapon /Unpaid (12 Mar) date stamp & with on face half circle Pyapon /Due /2 Annas hand stamp with 2 Annas deleted & manuscript 10 Cents Sup with Signature below in red ink………………….The Japanese Monetry Ordinance of 13 Oct 1942 converted the Rupee into 100 cents, thus the letter rate became 5c in lieu of 1a. The 1a adhesive was now obsolete & the letter was treated as unpaid & charged double the deficiency ……..Despite two punched holes where item was torn out of Official files an exceptional item of Postage Due using captured Indian style Pyapon Due hand stamp during the Japanese Occupation…. Ex G. Davis 2005 & A.P. Munro 2009