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Auction: CSS37 - Fine Stamps and Covers of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 1947

China
Covers and Cancellations
Airmail
International Routes
Zeppelin Mail
1936 (5 May) real photo card of Zeppelin L.Z. 129 to Kunming "mit luftschiff Hindenburg nach Nordamerika und mit luftpost ab New York" bearing Germany 75pf. tied by Frankfurt c.d.s., Europe to North America cachet in red, New York (9.5) and Kunming (26.6) c.d.s. A rare card from Germany to New York, cross country to San Francisco, thence by surface to Hong Kong. It is thought that there are only two covers following this route. Photo


1936年5月5日德國寄昆明"齊柏林飛船L.Z.129"明信片, 帶德文指示印記, 貼德國75pf.郵資, 銷法蘭克福日戳, 又貼有歐洲至北美洲紅色票, 5月9紐約中轉戳及6月26日昆明到達戳; 罕見由德國至紐約,再到三藩市然後平郵到香港, 相信只有兩件郵件利用這不常見的郵路.

Sold for
HK$9,000