Any Value In This Burma Censor Cover?

Are these Burma stamps worth very much?

Nothing special, I'm afraid.

Not super raar?

Standard definitive stamps for 1941. Too bad the date is not clearer. Fits nicely into my WWII collection but I would be reluctant to pay more than a couple dollars.

so I better start it low in auction then. Interesting on ebay UK some similar Burma covers on ebay UK seem very expensive like this one at $499

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WWII-FLYI...AOSwQItT~4Pw

duncanvr: I believe the Burma cover, with the asking price of $499, is greatly overpriced.

The example shown from ebay is worth every penny!!
The value of this cover comes not from the stamps, but from the sender!
Lt. Col. Chuck Older was the second Flying Tiger pilot to achieve ace status, when he shot down his 3rd, 4th and 5th Japanese army planes on Christmas Day 1941 while defending Rangoon. He had 10 kills before the AVG was disbanded, and after rejoining the USAAF, he became a double ace, with 8 aerial victories over China in 1944.

The cover was posted in October 1941 from the Royal Army postal unit which was servicing the area where AVG 3rd Pursuit was stationed (if memory serves my references are packed away...), and was sent to his parents, arriving in California 18 days later.

Oddly... likely FASTER than mail from Rangoon to California today, even though it went through a censor office!

duncanvr - Any chance that you can provide a picture of the back? Can you make out the addressee from the impression alone? I tried manipulating the photo without any success, but that's not my strong suit...

kurt, which cover are you asking about? The Flying Tiger cover looks like it's addressed to the pilot's parents.

The OP cover. You are correct about the Tiger cover - see my second post.

All I can see from my iPad is a lovely "boxed-X" so there is something there, just not for me . Hopefully when I can get to my laptop, there is a photo of the back cover there. It would be nice to know what is under the censor tape for the sender too. Wish all my CBI references weren't packed away...

I can see the image of the back but see no address. All I can see is the ornate seal of the censor`s tape and some very lightly stamped small boxes that might be the examiner`s number.

The reverse photo shows up on my PC but not my iPad nor iPhone!

Anyways... One would think that with three CDS that at least one would be legible.

From playing with the image and piecing things together from the three, the cancels are standard RANGOON CDS, dated "22 10 41 // 6 PM" but alas, little of import seems to have occurred on any war-front. While not a Commonwealth expert by any stretch of one's imagination, I don't see this as anything other than a couple bucks.

Kollector Kurt: yes, I have heard of the Flying Tigers. Saw movies as a kid and they were written up in my childhood set of encyclopedias. But I'd be more excited if the cover originated with Claire Chennault or "Pappy" Boyington. Nothing against Mr. Older, but other than presiding over the Charles Manson trial many years after the war, he's pretty obscure. I'll still opine that the cover is not worth $500.