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Auction: CSS31 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2961

China
Covers and Cancellations
Air Mail
1941 (18 Nov.) air mail envelope registered to England marked "Transpacific/Transcontinental/Transatlantic" bearing $23.60 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s. with turquoise and red Par Avion etiquette, red on white registration label and U.K. censor seal over brown paper seal, backstamps of San Francisco, New York and London (24.12). This was the last flight of the bi-oceanic route due to the start of the war in the Pacific. Photo

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HK$9,000