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Auction: CSS49 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 418

China
Postal History
Republic of China
1947 *19 Aug.) Airmail envelope to British zone, Germany bearing Dr. S.Y.S. $100 on $20 (2) with one stamp floated off cancelled by Shanghai c.d.s., cover struck framed "DAMAGED BY - SEA WATER" in violet. Reseal Censor at side tied by " British Censorship-Germany" in violet. An unusal cover: the BOAC Flying Boat carry this letter crashed into the sea off Bahrain (23.8). Of the 25 persons on board, 15 were rescued and 11 uninjured.

Estimate
HK$4,000 to HK$5,000