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Auction: CSS31 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2957

China
Covers and Cancellations
Air Mail
1940 (25 June) commercial air mail envelope to London bearing $2.25 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s. bearing black on grey-blue Par Avion etiquette and a fair strike of "Diverted by air via U.S.A. owing to/suspension of Air France Service" in purple, U.K. and another censor seal at side; two vertical folding creases. A good cover demonstrating the change of route because of the war in Europe. Photo

The route by Air Francce was suspended in July 1940

Sold for
HK$2,200