Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2005
China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
B.O.A.C.
Incoming Mail: 1940 (27 Sept.) air mail envelope to Shanghai "Via Simplon Express Orient" bearing France 9f. franking tied by Toulon c.d.s., sent from Lyon to Turkey, Censored in India and with Bangkok (29.10) c.d.s. then sent by surface mail to Shanghai. A scarce and desirable route. Photo
航空入口封: 1940年9月27日法國土倫(Toulon)經"辛普朗東方特快"寄上海航空封, 貼法國8f.郵資, 銷土倫日戳, 由裡䀚往土耳奇, 但印度接受檢查後,於10月29日再經曼谷, 之後由平郵到達上海. 此封採用少見的郵路.
Sold for
HK$1,600