Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2401
Sinkiang
Air Mails
Domestic Air Mail
1946 (3 May) undenominated postal stationery envelope double registered to Shanghai bearing, on the reverse, Central Trust $2 (8, one corner defect) tied by Tihwa (Urumtsi) dotted c.d.s. with fragments of the registration and acknowledgement of receipt slips; the address side with the manuscript registration number, different despatch c.d.s., Chungking transit (12.6) and Shanghai arrival (17.6) c.d.s. with the grey-blue Par Avion etiquette. Paying postage $20, double registered $60 but not the air mail of $3. Taking over five weeks for delivery. Photo
Sold for
HK$2,200