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Auction: CSS90 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 5177

China International Airmails
World War 2 Disrupted Routes
Via Manila and San Francisco
1940 (13 July) commercial air mail envelope to Glasgow "Pan American Airways Service (Hong Kong San Francisco) For connection with the P.A.A. Trans Atlantic Air Service" with $5.90 franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s. and censor seal at side. 1941 (3 Sept.) air mail cover to Denmark bearing $5.90 air mail franking tied by Shanghai c.d.s. with straight-line "By Pan American Airways Service via U.S.A." and double-circle "air transit/6" handstamp in blue, Par Avion etiquette plus British and German censor seals. Both paying single letter 50c. plus air mail $5.40 travelling by route 3. Rate 2.1.1.1. (2 covers). Photo

Start Date Route Surface 20g. Air 5g.

2.1.1.1. 25 June 1940 Manila, U.S.A. 50c. $5.40

2.1.1.2. 1 Nov. 1941 $1.00 $5.40

7 Dec. 1941 Route ceased


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Estimate
HK$3,000 to HK$4,000

Starting price
HK$2000