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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2097

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Chungking - Calcutta Routes
1942 (11 Mar.) envelope to Philadelphia "via Hong Kong, Calcutta, Durban, Lagos, etc." bearing $15.60 franking tied by Tsangwu c.d.s. (date error of 1941) with grey-blue Par Avion etiquette alongside cancelled by Durban jusqu'à bars in purple, with Calcutta censor seal and handstamp at side and, on the reverse, Kunming (20.3) c.d.s. The sender had paid for route 8 (airmail throughout) but from 20 March to 13 July civilian mail was excluded from this route so it was sent by route 7. Photo

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HK$2,000