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Auction: CSS40 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 761

China
Postal History
Republic of China
1939 (15 Nov.) "By P.A.A./ By Air Mail From Hong Kong" air mail cover from Tikhoi to USA , bearing Dr.Sun $1 (2) and 20c. (2) tied by Tikhoi c.d.s., on the reverse with Shayuchun transit c.d.s. (22.11). Shayuchun was a secret international mail transfer station during the Anti-Japanese War. The Shayuchun Postmark have been found to be less than 50, very rare.


1939年廣東獲海寄美國航空封1件，信封正面印“BY P.A.A， BY AIR FROM HONGKONG”字樣，貼倫敦二版孫像20分2枚，倫敦一版孫像1元2枚，銷廣東获海11月15日戳，郵件經沙漁涌中轉，有沙漁涌11月22日漢英三格點線戳，保存完還，沙漁涌為抗戰時期秘密國際郵件中轉站，其在郵史之地位一直受到集郵界所重視，銷有沙漁涌郵戳之郵件至今發現不足50件，少見

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HK$18,000