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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1983

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Transcontinental Airline (U.S.A.)
1931 (14 Jan.) air mail envelope to Connecticut, "Harbin to U.S.A. Via airmail" bearing Manchuria 1927 1c., 3c., 4c., 5c., 6c., 13c., 15c. and 20c. tied by Harbin English/Chinese c.d.s., with Par Avion etiquette and weight "7 grs", the reverse with superb strikes of Dairen I.J.P.O. c.d.s. (15.1) and boxed "air mail (inland & foreign)" struck in violet. With the original letter from the U.S. Consulate.

A rare and important cover which used the Japanese air line from Dairen to Tokyo, then surface from Yokohama to San Francisco thence trans-continental air service to destination. Pays 15c. international letter, 32c. Dairen to Japan and 20c. air within U.S.A., making the correct rate of 67c. Photo


1931年1月14日哈爾濱寄美國康乃狄克帶美國領事原函航空封,註 "經空郵從哈爾濱到美國", 貼滿州1927年壹分, 三分, 肆分, 伍分, 陸分, 壹角三分, 壹角伍分及貳角各一枚, 銷哈爾濱中英文日戳, 航空簽紙及重量為7 grs., 封背蓋1月15日大連I.J.P.O.日戳, 框型紫色"航空(國內輿國際)"戳, 由於此封利用日本航空公司由大連遞往東京, 再經海路由橫濱至三藩市, 再以航空至日的地. 難得的罕見郵路實寄封, 郵資中一角五分是國際郵費, 大連到日本空郵費是三角二分, 而另外二角是付美國國內空郵, 共付正確的六角七分郵資.

Sold for
HK$11,000