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Occupation stamps 15 (North Borneo ) Issued from 1943

Occupation stamps 15 (North Borneo ) Issued from 1943 In September 1942 (Showa 17), the Japanese military and postage stamps issued "Northern Borneo" stamps on local stamps. (After that, in 1944 (Showa 19), the three-line overprinted stamps of "Dainippon, Imperial Mail, and North Borneo" were distributed. At the same time, "North Borneo" stamps were issued on Showa stamps. Two types of stamps were manufact- ured and issued by the Japanese Cabinet Printing Bureau from April 1943 (Showa 18).
These stamps became ineffective at the end of the war in August 1945. * Osamu Imai, "100 Years of Japanese Stamps", Nihon Yushu Shuppan, 1978, P168-169 Reference