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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2061

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
China Clipper
1941 (26 Aug.) air mail envelope registered to Leipzig "Airmail from Hong Kong to San Francisco and from San Francisco to Europe in connection with P.A.A. Transatlantic Service" bearing $11.80 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s. with the registration label and Hong Kong "air-transit/3" struck in turquoise, Hong Kong censor seal at left tied by boxed "27" and, on the reverse, German censor seal, Shanghai, Honolulu (18.9), New York (21.9) and Leipzig arrival (10.10) datestamps; a little soiled but and impressive cover sent to Germany during the Second World War. Pays postage 50c., registration 50c. and double air mail $5.40 for European countries via route 3. Photo


1941年8月26日上海寄德國萊比錫航空掛號封, 標註"由香港空郵往三藩市及以P.A.A.大西洋服務由三藩市往歐洲", 貼十一圓八角郵資, 銷上海日戳, 貼有掛號簽紙, 藍綠色香港"航空-中轉/3"印記, 香港檢查簽紙並蓋方框"27"戳, 封背有德國檢查標記, 9月18日檀香山及9月21日紐約的中轉戳及10月10日萊比錫到達戳,郵資中五角是普通郵費, 掛號費亦是五角, 為經歐洲國家第三路線而付空郵費五圓四角的雙倍費用. 信封雖有小污染, 仍為難得的二戰時寄德國航空實寄封.

Estimate
HK$8,000 to HK$10,000