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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1996

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Imperial Airways
1939 (30 May) underpaid envelope to Berlin "by airmail" bearing 70c. franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s. with slate-grey Par Avion etiquette which has been cancelled by handstruck cross in black, the reverse with Victoria, Hong Kong c.d.s. (8.6). Underpaid so the air mail was not accepted. The rate should have been postage 25c. and air mail to Europe 75c. Photo


1939年5月30日上海寄柏林郵資不足航空封, 貼七角郵資, 銷上海日戳 , 貼有航空簽紙, 但被劃上黑色"X"取消了, 封背有6月8日香港中轉戳, 因郵資不足, 故空郵不被接納而取消; 正確的郵費是普通郵費二角五分加空郵至歐洲郵費是七角五分.

Estimate
HK$2,000 to HK$2,500