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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2352

Sinkiang
Air Mails
Tihwa - Lanchow, Fifth Trial Flight, Return Leg
1932 (26 Nov.) illustrated envelope registered to Wuchang bearing 1924-36 5c. and 10c. with Sun Yat Sen 4c. tied by Tihwa (Urumtsi) c.d.s. with the red on white registration label and grey-blue Par Avion etiquette and, on the reverse, Sinkiang provisional airmail 30c. tied by the despatch c.d.s., with Wuchang arrival (4.12) and Provincial censor seal type 5. Fine and attractive. This is the first day of use of the airmail stamp. Lu 9. Photo

provenance:
Eugene Turner, October 1986

Sold for
HK$60,000