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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2044

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Shanghai - Tokyo - U.S.A.
1939 (25 June) large envelope registered to New York "By Air Peking - Japan, By Steamer Japan - USA, by Air from the West Coast to New York" bearing $3.35 franking tied by Peking c.d.s. with Peiping registered label, blue Par Avion etiquette and U.S. Customs oval and, on the reverse, Tokyo (30.6), Seattle (10.7) and New York (12.7) datestamps; a rather heavy horizontal folding crease. Pays postage 55c., registration 25c., air from China to Japan $1.05 and intercontinental air $1.50.

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