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Auction: 22014 - Stamps and Covers of Asia
Lot: 227

(x) China
Foreign Post Offices
United States Post Office
1921 (12 Nov.) envelope to Switzerland "per S.S. 'Empress of Asia'", bearing 1919 12c. on 6c. tied by U.S. Postal Agency duplex, the reverse with faint Gersau arrival c.d.s. (19.12); an unusual franking. Also 1926 (9 May) envelope to U.S.A. bearing 1922 Shanghai 4c. on 2c. tied by the U.S.P.O. duplex. Some light soiling. (2 covers)

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Sold for
£85

Starting price
£85