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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2006

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Air France (Saigon - Marseilles Line)
1932 (13 July) opened-out cover to Paris bearing $3.25 franking (2 Yunnan provincial stamps on the reverse) tied by Kunming c.d.s. bearing pale lilac Par Avion etiquette, Lao-Kai (15.7), Hanoi (16.7), Marseilles (2.8) and Paris (5.8) datestamps. A very important early cover of this service which, before 2nd August, only operated from Yunnan province. This cover paying postage 25c. and air mail to France $3. Photo


1932年7月13日昆明寄巴黎航空破剖封, 貼三圓二角五分郵資(其中有兩枚郵票貼在封背), 銷昆明日戳, 貼有淡黃色的航空簽紙, 經7月15日老街, 7月16日河內, 8月2日馬賽後, 並於8月5日到達巴黎, 很早採用此郵路往歐洲的重要實寄封, 只在雲南省於8月2日前才有此郵路服務. 二角五分是平郵費, 三圓是遞往巴黎的空郵費.

Sold for
HK$19,000