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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2319

Sinkiang
Chinese Republic Post
Unified Postage - Through Mail
Instructional Marks
1943 (19 Aug.) envelope registered to Edinburgh from the Polish Embassy in Chungking bearing $18 franking plus India 1½a. tied by Chungking c.d.s. (other adhesives have fallen off) with red on white registration label in the upper corner; with British censor seal, boxed "rebut" and several Edinburgh c.d.s. Returned overland from Edinburgh (5.11), through Tahcheng (23.9) and arrived back in Chungking (1.12) with c.d.s. on return slip. With the original letter. Some wear, particularly at edges, unusual. Photo

Sold for
HK$16,000