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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2071

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
China Clipper
Namyung to Hong Kong: 1941 (25 June) special air mail envelope registered to Los Angeles "Air Mail via Namyung to Hongkong. From Hongkong by China Clipper to U.S.A." bearing single $5 franking tied by Kanhsien c.d.s. with a good strike of th boxed registered handstamp and the grey-blue Par Avion etiquette; the reverse with part of the registration receipt, Hong Kong censor seal printed in blue, Hong Kong registered c.d.s. (3.7), Los Angeles c.d.s. (12 and 14.7). Pays postage 50c., registration 50c. and route 3 air mail $4. A delightful cover using the secret air route to avoid Japanese troops. Photo


南雄至香港: 1941年6月25日贛縣寄洛杉機掛號特別航空封, 利用"南雄空郵到香港, 由香港以中國快船號往美國", 貼五圓郵資, 銷贛縣日戳, 旁蓋方框型掛號戳及貼灰藍色航空簽紙, 封背保留部份掛號收據, 藍色香港檢查章,7月3日香港掛號日戳, 7月12及14日洛杉機日戳, 難得的利用秘密航空郵路以避開日本軍隊.

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HK$7,000