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Auction: CSS90 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5144

China International Airmails
Pre-World War 2
British Imperial Airways
1940 (11 May) commercial envelope to Amsterdam bearing Sun Yat Sen $2.25 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s. with handstruck "By I.A.L./Hongkong" and triangular Hong King "17" censor handstamp; boxed "no service/return to sender" applied in England and returned (not by airmail) probably via Lisbon, Germany (where German censor seal applied) and to Moscow to be put on the Trans-Siberian Railway and bears a fine strike of "Réexpédié par voie ordinaire après/été retourné à Shanghai" in purple. An impressive cover. Rate 1.1.2.6. Photo


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