Auction: CSS22 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2619
China
Covers and Cancellations
Air Mail
Incoming Mail
1942 (24 Mar.) post card to Kunming bearing G.B. 9d. tied by Birmingham machine postmark with censor handstamp below; carried by ship around Africa to Calcutta where the service had been interrupted and continued by air mail with boxed handstamp applied in deep purple. Underpaid with Sun Yat Sen 25c., $1 and $1 Postage Due tied by dotted Kunming c.d.s. (3.6). There is a punch hole in the corner which goes through the G.B. adhesive. An interesting war-time cover showing the mandatory air service. Photo
Sold for
HK$11,000