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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1965

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Eurasia Corporation
Shanghai - Manchouli - Berlin Route: 1931 (31 May) opened-out envelope to U.S.A. marked "First Flight Eurasia airmail, Peiping to Manchouli -- via Siberia to Berlin" and bearing second air set of five with additional 20c. (on reverse) and $2 tied by the special cancellation with handstamp"Par avion de Moscou a Könisborg", Peiping registration label and grey Par Avion etiquette plus Berlin Luftpost cachet in red; the reverse with Berlin (11.6), New York (18.6) and Binghampton (19.6) arrival datestamps. Fine

Overpays the rates for international letter 20c., registration 20c., air from Peiping to Manchouli 40c., Irkutsk to Moscow 80c. and Moscow to Berlin 60c. (total $2.20). Photo


上海-滿州裡-柏林航空郵路: 1931年5月31日北平寄美國航空掛號封, 信封上記有"歐亞空郵首航, 北平往滿州裡--經西伯利亞到柏林", 貼二版航空票全套五枚另加貳角(在封背)及貳圓票各一枚, 銷特別郵戳及蓋"航空由柯尼斯堡往莫斯科"印記, 北平掛號簽紙及灰色航空簽紙, 另有紅色Berlin Luftpost票, 封背蓋6月11日柏林及6月18日紐約中轉戳, 及6月19日Binghampton到達戳. 品相中上.

Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$4,000