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Auction: CSS101 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 6615

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail - International
World War 2 Disrupted Routes, Calcutta - London, P.A.A. to U.S.A. (Route 13): 1946 (May) a group of three covers to America with (15 May) air mail envelope to Boston bearing $280 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s.; (17 May) air mail envelope to Canada bearing, on the reverse, $280 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s.; (22 May) air mail envelope to Denver bearing $370 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s., paying double air at the rate which should have been changed two days before. Good examples of this short-lived rate. Pays surface $190 amd air $90. (Waltton 2.2.7.2). (3 covers)

Estimate
HK$3,500 to HK$4,500

Starting price
HK$2500