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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2080

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Burma Route, Route 6
1941 (31 Dec.) official mail envelope registered to Montreal bearing $8 franking tied by Chungking c.d.s. with the registration label at left and grey-blue Par Avion etiquette. with censor seal at side and arrival backstamp (30.1). An interesting rate paying postage $1, registration $1 but there was no $6 rate for airmail. However, this letter reached it's destination in a very short time. Photo

Note that the lowest 50c. shows a variety in the emblem at top


1941年12月31日重慶寄蒙特利爾掛號航空公文封, 貼八圓郵資, 銷重慶日戳, 左面貼掛號及航空簽紙, 信封邊有檢查封紙, 蓋1942年1月30日到達戳. 這信封付的郵票有趣, 郵資中普通郵費及掛號費是各一圓, 但空郵費並不是六圓, 並且用了頗短的時間就送遞到目的地._x000D_ _x000D_ 留意那枚最下端的五角票中"i"字變異.

Estimate
HK$4,000 to HK$5,000