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RESTRICTED.
IN
WARNING.--This is an unparaphrased version of a secret cypher or confidential code message, and the text must first be paraphrased if it is essential to communicate it to persons outside British or Allied Government Services.
9155
30 OCT 1945
From: C. in C. Hong Kong.
To:
240932/October
Date 25/10/45 Recd. 0646
C.C.M. Naval Gen. Res.
War Office for Colonial Office.
IMPORTANT
Number 209 from Civil Affairs.
There is evidence that number of stamps of high denominations were illegally acquired by members of public during Japanese occupation. As interim measure designed to safeguard revenue no air mail letters with one dollar stamps being accepted unless they are handed in across counter stamps being purchased at the timo. As over- printing is always undesirable if it can be avoided consider best method of restoring position will be to change colour of high valuo postage stamps. Therefore request that Crown Agents be instructed to print stamps now in following colours:
One dollar
Two dollars
Five dollars
Ten dollars
Orange, green. Purple, red.
Green, purple. Purple, blue.
Supplies in new colours urgently required by air.
2.
Admiralty pass to War Office.
D.F.S.L. P.A.3. (L)
240932
Passing action being taken by
D. of P.(0) (3)
M. (4)
War Registry.
W.C.F.
GMM
རྔ པ ལ མ ཨ ཀྱི བུ། ཨ༣, ཀ ར མ
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