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Auction: CSS40 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 89

China
Collections and Ranges
Postal History
A set of China Air Mail in 2nd World War collection on 15 display pages: Including 1821 hand colour old map; Hand drawing 1937-45 air mail routes; Photos of Captain J. Rathje at an intermediate stop in the Gobi desert, 1937 Douglas DC-2 over downtown Shanghai, and some more pictures; Five Air Mail covers: 1939 (30 Oct.) First Flight of Chungking-Rangoon cover, 1940 (4 Jun.) Chungking to Japan double registered air mail cover with censor seal, (1941 (20 Jan.) Kumming to Moscow large registered air mail cover, 1941 (19 Feb.) Shanghai to London registered air mail cover and 1941 (12 May) Red Cross cover from Hankow to Shanghai by air mail . Well preserved, is a good material for the stamp exhibition.


民國時期航空郵政郵集一部，15頁貼片，包括1821年中國地圖1件，相關航空照片及圖片多張，1941年1月20日昆明經哈密中轉寄俄國航掛封1件，1930年10月30日昆明寄仰光首航封1件；1941年5月12日漢口寄上海航空封1件；1941年2月19日上海經香港，南非寄英國航掛封1件；1940年6月4日重慶美國領事館經香港寄日本東京航掛封1件，整體保存完好，其中昆明經哈密寄蘇聯航空，及重慶40年寄日本航空封較少見

Estimate
HK$8,000 to HK$10,000