PHILIPPINES (UNDER IMPERIAL JAPAN OCCUPATION) on 1 April 1943 issued 2c (volcanic mountains - Mt. Mayon and Mt. Fuji) and 5c (rice field) stamps in Japanese. A total of 15 stamps of varying denomination and colours were released from 1943 till 1944. This cover was addressed on a pre-printed, pre-stamped envelope with First Day Cancellation. The stationery stamp has an overprint blacking-out the words United States of America (formerly a Commonwealth nation of the U.S.). It has a purple rectangular censor's hand-stamp on front, along with a blue-green circular hand-stamp cachet. Postmark cancellation originated from Manila.
The name of the sender on the envelope is Henry Kraemer. He was a stamp dealer in the Philippines who had the dubious reputation of affixing cancellation postmarks and censor rubber stamping to otherwise original stamps and cachets. Such is the case here. That said, his covers with these 'fake' cancellations are, believe it or not, collectible, today.
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