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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2085

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Burma Route, Route 6
1942 (11 Feb.) air mail envelope to U.S.A. "Via Rangoon" bearing 50c. franking (one adhesive has fallen off) tied by Chengtu c.d.s., with Rangoon and Calcutta censor seals and handstamp, Durban jusqu'à in purple and a good strike of boxed Chinese/English "Stamps missing" struck in purple, with Chungking backstamp (4.3). It is speculated that this was salvaged from a crash explaining the missing stamp and staining on the reverse. Photo

Sold for
HK$2,800