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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2091

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Chungking - Calcutta Routes
1942 (3 Mar.) envelope to Henry Ny in Los Angeles bearing $9.70 franking tied by Kweiling c.d.s. with grey-blue Par Avion etiquette (cancelled by Durban jusqu'à in purple) Calcutta censor seal and handstamp plus DHF/3" struck in purple and, on the reverse, Kunming (3.3) c.d.s. Pays postage $1 and international air $8.70 by route 8.
With the original letter which gives details of the sender's escape from the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, " ... A part or the rice reserve has been destroyed during the fight. And the Japanese controlled the rest of the, The outward supply was stopped. So the price of rice rise from 20c. a pound to $2.50.". Photo


1942年3月3日桂林寄洛杉機航空封, 貼九圓七角郵資, 銷桂林日戳, 另貼航空簽紙(在Durban被取消), 有加爾各答檢查封紙及"DHF/3"印記, 封背蓋3月3日昆明日戳.

Estimate
HK$3,500 to HK$4,500