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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2317

Sinkiang
Chinese Republic Post
Unified Postage - Through Mail
1943 (4 Apr.) opened-out western air mail envelope from Yunnan, double registered to England, marked "By Air to Calcutta Thence by Surface Mail to England" bearing, on the reverse, Central Trust 50c. with Sun Yat Sen $1 (5) tied by Hweitsen Chinese/English c.d.s. and bearing Tahcheng Chinese c.d.s. (10.8) and British censor seal. With the original acknowledgement of receipt slip. Sent via Sinkiang, U.S.S.R. and Turkey rather that the route indicated. Pays postage $1.50, double registration $3 and internal air mail $1. Photo

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