Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2399
Sinkiang
Air Mails
Domestic Air Mail
1945 (10 Nov.) blue on white printed air mail envelope double registered to Shanghai bearing, on the reverse, Central Trust 25c., 50c. (2) and $2 (8) tied by dotted Tihwa (Urumtsi) c.d.s. with Shanghai arrival (4.12) alongside, the address side with a different despatch c.d.s., Chungking transit (1.12) and manuscript registration number; fractionally reduced at top. Overpaying the rate marked on the reverse "17.20" for postage $20, double registration $60 and double weight air mail $6. A good franking. Photo
Sold for
HK$3,200