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Auction: 18008 - Sinkiang Postal History, The 'Manhattan' Collection
Lot: 2459

Sinkiang
Liberated Areas
Incoming Mail
1946 (19 May) opened-out envelope double registered to Tihwa bearing, on the reverse, East China 1946-47 locomotive 25c. (6) and $1 tied by Hweitun, Kiangsu c.d.s. with transit marks of Yentsihsien (21.5) and (25.5) with manuscript dates, Shuyang (23.7), Lanchow (10.9) and with Tihwa arrival (22.10). An important cover travelling between Liberated Area (Su Wan Border Area) and Republican area. Paying $1 postage for double weight and $1.50 registration and taking about five months to be delivered. Photo

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HK$120,000