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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2101

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Chungking - Calcutta Routes
1942 (4 Feb.) commercial envelope registered to London bearing, on the reverse, $35.90 franking tied by Chungking c.d.s. with Miami (20.3) and New York (27.3) datestamps alongside, Calcutta and London censor seals, the address side with Chungking registration label and receipt handstamp (9.4). An exceptional and rare cover paying postage $1, registration $1 and three times air mail $11.30 by Imperial Airways route III. One of only two covers charges at this short-lived fee. Photo


1942年2月4日重慶寄倫敦商業航空掛號封, 貼三十五圓九角郵資, 銷重慶日戳, 旁有3月20日邁阿密戳及32月7日紐約戳; 加爾各答及倫敦檢查封紙, 信封面貼重慶掛號簽紙及4月9日掛號接據印記. 非常罕見的航空實寄封, 它付了普通平郵及掛號費各一圎, 並付了三倍於十一圎三角空郵費, 得以採用皇家航空第三航路往歐洲, 能利用此短暫存在的航路由中國寄出的信件, 現存世只得兩件, 它是其中之一.

Estimate
HK$80,000 to HK$100,000