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Auction: 5018 - Stamps of Hong Kong & China
Lot: 1872

Hong Kong World War 2 1941 (3 Dec.) under-franked airmail/surface cover (opened-out) from Szechwan to U.S.A. bearing, on the reverse, five values making $1.05 franking tied by Chungking c.d.s. with Hong Kong and Canton c.d.s. alongside; the front with boxed "not opened/by/censor", 2nd service" and "retour". Apparently trapped in Hong Kong by the Japanese invasion and sent back to Canton following Hong Kong´s fall - Canton c.d.s. dated 1942 (13 Feb.) Estimate HK$ 1,000-1,500

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HK$2,100