Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2396
Sinkiang
Air Mails
Domestic Air Mail
1945 (21 Aug.) undenominated postal stationery envelope registered to Shanghai bearing, on the reverse, Central Trust 20c. and $1 (2) tied by Tihwa (Urumtsi) c.d.s. with part of the registration slip and faint Shanghai arrival (20.11), the address side with grey-blue Par Avion etiquette, manuscript registration number and Chungking (9.10) transit c.d.s. A good cover paying postage $2, registration $3 and double weight air mail $6 at five times face value, taking three months for delivery. Photo
Sold for
HK$3,500