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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2359

Sinkiang
Air Mails
First Regular Flight: Shanghai - Tihwa Line
Return Leg
1932 (20 Dec.) blue on white air mail envelope registered to Shanghai, marked "First Flight Sinkiang - Shanghai" bearing 1924-36 5c. and 10c. with Sun Yat Sen 4c. plus second air mail 15c. and 45c. tied by Tihwa (Urumtsi) c.d.s. with the red on white registration label, the reverse with Shanghai arrival (2.1) and Provincial censor seal type 6; fine. Paying 9c. postage, 10c. registration and 60c. air mail. Photo

provenance:
Paul Hock, October 1983

Sold for
HK$6,500