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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2048

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
China Clipper
Early Routes: 1935 (9 Nov.) long envelope to The Postmaster, Guam "By First Contract Trans-Pacific Flight" bearing a colourful array of U.S. adhesives making $1 franking cancelled by straight-lines postmark with fine Newark duplex at left and, on the reverse, "newark n.j./air mail field" c.d.s. in purple and Guam arrival (27.11). Enclosed is a printed note from the assistant postmaster general stating that covers addressed to postmasters were usually destroyed or returned to the owner, however, this cover did make the first flight and the Guam backstamp is struck on the day the flight arrived. Fine and unusual. Carried on the San Francisco to Manila route


1935年11月9日"由首次合約貫通太平洋航線"寄關島郵政局長封, 貼一圓美國郵資, 銷Newark郵戳, 封背有紫色new n.j./air mail field日戳及11月27日關島到達戳; 利用首次三藩市至馬尼拉太平洋航路的實寄封,

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HK$400