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Auction: 16013 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 2342

China
Covers and Cancellations
Delayed Mail
1941 (21 Nov.) commercial cover registered to New York bearing Sun Yat Sen N.Y. print $2 and (on reverse) a further 60c. franking, tied by Shanghai c.d.s. with the registration label at lower left and censor seal at left; redirected to Willington and showing large oval U.S. Customs Free of Duty handstamp. A wide range of markings on the reverse concluding with arrival c.d.s. dated 1942 (6 Mar.). The mail taking over three months to be delivered due to start of the war in the Pacific

Sold for
HK$1,300