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Auction: CSS101 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 6621

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail - International
Post World War 2, Pre Unified Rates, Mail to Europe: 1947 (Aug.- Sept.) a group of covers to the U.K. with (26 Aug.) envelope to Cornwall bearing $5300 franking tied by Tientsin c.d.s. paying surface $1100 and double air of $2100; (4 Sept.) registered to Dundee bearing $16,000 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s., paying surface $1800, six times air of $2100 plus registration $1600 and with manuscript postage calculation on the reverse; (6 Sept.) envelope registered to Glasgow bearing, on the reverse, $11,100 franking tied by Swatow c.d.s., paying four times the air rate; (15 Sept.) two covers to Birmingham and Wembley bearing $3200 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s.; (17 Sept.) envelope to Dublin bearing $5300 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s. and paying double air; (23 Sept.) mission envelope to London "Via C.N.A.C and B.O.A.C." bearing $3200 franking paying the basic surface $1100 and air $2100. (Walton 3.1.7). (7 covers)

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

Starting price
HK$1200