Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2413
Sinkiang
Air Mails
International Air Mail
1945 (15 Dec.) air mail envelope to New York bearing seven different overprinted stamps making a $10 franking tied by Tihwa (Urumtsi) c.d.s. with a different despatch alongside (16.12), fine. Addressed to a famous collector and sent just after the Japanese surrender. Pays $50 rate to America by route 12 (Calcutta, London then surface to U.S.A.). Photo
Sold for
HK$3,800