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1944 (Oct 17) Tengku Seri Akar Raja, Trengganu indented envelope to Singapore bearing on reverse Thai Occupation of Malaya War Memorial scarce block 8 x 1c (SG TM 1) unfortunately with one removed tied black circular Trengganu cds (Proud D4) & with partial black framed bi-lingual Trengganu censor & violet unframed Oct 31 1944 arrival & on face black framed Ipoh /5 Japanese censor hand stamp …….On the 18 October 1943 Japan ceded the 4 Northern States of Kelantan, Perlis, Kedah & Trengganu to Thailand with the Thai’s issueing the first stamps on 15 Nov 1943. This leaves a small window of less than 2 years of use before the surrender & restoration of British rule…All mail is rare & this despite removed adhesive is rare use of multiple 1c stamps Ex Milo Rowell & Jay Sirirattumrong