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Auction: CSS101 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 6619

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail - International
Post World War 2, Pre Unified Rates, Mail to Europe: 1946-47 mail to England or Europe with 1946 (19 Dec.) envelope to Belgium "via Chungking & Calcutta" bearing $950 franking (surface $300, air $650); (19 Dec.) envelope to London bearing $950 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s.; (28 Dec.) envelope to Switzerland bearing $1600 franking paying double air rate; 1947 (11 Jan.) front to London "direct" bearing $950 franking tied by Wuchang c.d.s.; (21 Jan.) envelope from Shanghai to London with $950 franking; (28 Jan.) envelope to London bearing $950 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s.; (6 Feb.) envelope to Emsworth bearing commemorative $950 franking tied by Hopei c.d.s.; (4 Mar.) envelope to London bearing $950 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s., paying the old rate of surface $300 and air $650. Condition is a little mixed in places. (Walton 3.1.4). (8 covers)

Estimate
HK$2,000 to HK$3,000

Starting price
HK$1200