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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2098

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Chungking - Calcutta Routes
1942 (6 July) envelope to Switzerland "via Chungking, Leopoldville - New York - Lissabon" bearing $11.70 franking tied by Hoyun c.d.s. with deep blue Par Avion etiquette cancelled by London jusqu'à in red, with censor seal and handstamp at side and another censor handstamp on the reverse. A very scarce covers using the Imperial Airways route IV to Europe, between 30th June and 10th July the route was NAL to Calcutta, BOAC to Entebbe, SAA to Leopoldville, PAA to Lisbon thence BOAC to England. Photo


1942年7月6日中國寄瑞士封, "經重慶, Lepoldville, 紐約, 里斯本", 貼十一圓七角郵資, 航空簽紙, 但在倫敦被取消了, 另有其他各國的檢查封紙及印記, 較罕見利用皇家航空第四航道往歐洲, 在6月30日至7月10日間以NAL往加爾各答, 英國航空往Entebbe, SAA往Leopoldville, PAA往里斯本, 之後英國航空往英國.

Estimate
HK$5,000 to HK$6,000