Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2086
China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
1942 (5 May) air mail envelope registered from Yunnan to Los Angeles bearing $7.15 franking tied by Tengching c.d.s. with a superb strike of the Tengching registered handstamp and with a light strike of circular Burma censor handstamp in purple with British censor seal at side and, on the reverse, further despatch c.d.s., New York Registered and Los Angeles arrival (25.8). The air mail etiquette has been crossed through both in pencil and blue crayon. An interesting cover carried on the west-bound route, mostly by surface mail. Photo
194?年5月5日雲南寄洛杉機航空掛號封, 貼七圓一角五分郵資, 銷騰沖日戳, 及蓋騰沖掛號手戳, 另有緬甸檢查手戳及英國檢查封貼, 在封背蓋另一騰沖日戳, 紐約掛號及8月25日洛杉機到達戳. 航空簽紙被鉛筆及藍色筆打了"X", 利用西行郵路較少見, 此封以平郵的郵路較多.
Sold for
HK$5,000