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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2366

Sinkiang
Air Mails
Shanghai - Tihwa Line - Resumption of Flights
1933 (17 Aug.) envelope double registered to Yangliutsing bearing, on the reverse, 1916-19 20c. with 1924-36 4c. and 5c. plus Hami provisional air mail 15c. (4) tied by Hami English/Chinese c.d.s. with Peiping transit alongside (19.8) and Yangliutsing arrival (20.8), the address side with the boxed registered handstamp, handstruck Par Avion and Tientsin transit. Carried on the tenth regular flight. An extremely rare and important cover being one of only two recorded bearing the special Hami provisional air stamps (which were sold for 25c. each). Lu 152. Photo

provenance:
Major James Starr, September 1991

Sold for
HK$1,800,000