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Auction: 1002 - Fine Stamps & Covers of HK & China
Lot: 1818

Hong Kong Covers and Cancellations Airmail 1932 (29 Oct.) experimental flight Saigon to Hong Kong via Air Orient, printed envelope to Fort Bayard bearing French Indo-China 5c. (3) and 10c. tied by Saigon Central c.d.s. and with rose-pink "service accéléré" etiquette at left and marked "Via Hong Kong" in blue crayon, the reverse with red Hong Kong airmail c.d.s. type M overstruck by the arrival c.d.s.; light soiling. Photo Estimate HK$ 3,000-4,000 This experimental flight to link Saigon with Hong Kong by air, picked up the mail on 29 October in the Air Orient plane ´La Zelle´, piloted by Colonel Glaize and M. Nouues, delivering the mail in Hong Kong on 1st November

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HK$2,900