Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2393
Sinkiang
Air Mails
Domestic Air Mail
1945 (9 Apr.) small envelope sent registered express to Shanghai bearing, on the reverse, overprinted Central Trust 40c. (5) and 12c. on 10c. with unoverprinted stamps totaling $4.40 (making a total of $15) tied by Tihwa (Urumtsi) dotted c.d.s. with fragments of registration and AR slips covering some of the stamps; the address side with light blue Par Avion etiquette, manuscript registration number, via Chungking and with Shanghai arrival c.d.s. plus large red Shanghai examiner's handstamp. A good combination franking cover paying $2 postage, $10 double registered, express and $3 air mail. Photo
Sold for
HK$11,000