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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1972

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Victoria - Seattle Seaplane Mail
1924 (4 Aug.) commercial envelope from Shanghai to Seattle bearing Junk 10c. blue tied by "paquebot/posted at sea/received/victoria" c.d.s. with a second strike alongside and showing a fair strike of boxed "seattle/victoria/seaplane/mail" in purple. No other postal markings. Posted on board a ship of the Canadian Pacific Line and then by seaplane to Seattle. Pays the international postal rate of 10c. Scarce. Photo


1924年8月4日上海寄西雅圖商業航空封, 貼帆船票壹角, 銷paquebot/posted at/sea/recrived/victoria日戳, 旁有一枚相同的戳, 另有紫色方框型"seattle/victoria/seaplane/mail"戳, 此所沒有其他郵政記號. 經加拿大太平洋輪船航路, 之往由水上飛機遞往西雅圖. 貼國際郵費壹角. 罕見.

Sold for
HK$11,000