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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2011

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Air France (Saigon - Marseilles Line)

1933 (5 May) envelope to London "Saigon-Marseilles Air Mail Service ss. D'Artagnan" bearing $1.83 franking tied by Canton c.d.s. with violet-grey Par Avion etiquette and, on the reverse, further Canton despatch, Saigon (12.5) and "marseille - gare - avion" machine postmark (21.5). Clean and fine.
Pays postage 25c. and the new reduced air mail to Europe $1.58. (this rate introduced at the end of 1932). Photo


Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$4,000