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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2036

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
CNAC Chungking - Rangoon Line

1939 (30 Oct.) illustrated first flight cover to London bearing $1.78 franking tied by commemorative Chungking c.d.s. and a circular cachet "first flight/chungking - rangoon" along with another, unframed handstamp and, on the reverse, Rangoon censor handstamp and Rangoon c.d.s. (31.10); there are a couple of folding creases and this was carried to London by Imperial Air Line


Estimate
HK$1,500 to HK$2,000