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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2342

Sinkiang
Air Mails
First Trial Flight Shanghai - Peiping - Tihwa
1931 (19 Dec.) blue on white air mail envelope to Tihwa and returned on the reverse leg bearing Junk 3c. and Sun Yat Sen 2c. and 4c. tied by Peiping c.d.s. with Tihwa bilingual c.d.s. (7.1) alongside (the return leg); the reverse with Tihwa bilingual arrival c.d.s. (24.12) and two Peiping arrival (9.1). A fine and desirable cover. The standard postage rate of 9c. was applied, there being no surcharge for air mail as this was an experimental flight. Starr 47; Muller 38. Photo

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HK$55,000