Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2068
China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
China Clipper
1941 (14 Nov.) air mail envelope registered to Leeds "Via Pan American Airmail and P.A.A. Trans-Atlantic Airmail Services" bearing $12.80 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s. with the registration label alongside; there is a censor seal on one side and, on the reverse, Honolulu (27.11) and New York (3.12) datestamps; redirected on arrival. A good cover. Pays the new rates of postage $1, registration $1 but the old air mai rate of twice $5.40 (the new rate should have been $8.50). Photo
1941年11月14日上海寄英國裡茲(Leeds)航空掛號封, 此封"經泛美及P.A.A.鐵道及大西洋空郵服務", 貼十二圓八角郵資, 銷上海日戳, 並貼掛號簽紙及信封邊有檢查封紙, 封背蓋11月27日檀香山及12月3日紐約日戳, 到達目的地後再轉遞別地. 此封付新的郵費, 普通郵費及掛號費各一圓及二倍舊空郵費五圓四角(新空郵費為八圓五角). 品相中上.
Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$4,000