Hello, when I first introduced Labuan I mentioned Japan occupied the island during WW II so I thought fitting to complete the Labuan topic and show one stamp issued during the occupation. This can be a very pricey collecting area I might add.
The
whole of North Borneo had been occupied by January 1942 and that meant Brunei,
North Borneo itself, Sarawak and Labuan were administered as a single territory
by the Japanese, and as such the stamps of North Borneo were used with a
Japanese overprint, as in the example above
From
1944 contemporary stamps of Japan were
used for the single territory with an overprint as in the two examples below.
and
with thanks to my friend at British Commonwealth Album here - and you might
enjoy a visit to his online store the Used Stamp Collector here.
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