Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1939
China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
Instructional Markings
1940 (11 May) commercial flimsy envelope to London bearing $1.45 franking tied by Tientsin c.d.s. with grey-blue Par Avion etiquette tied by boxed Airmail up to Shanghai in violet with a fine strike of triangular Hong Kong "9" censor handstamp struck in turquoise and, on the reverse, Victoria, Hong Kong (18.5) c.d.s.; light soiling. An unusual rate. Photo
Sold for
HK$2,600