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Auction: CSS40 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 771

China
Postal History
Republic of China
1939 (Nov.) business envelope registered via Siberia from Shanghai "Liddell Bros. & Co." to England , bearing 50c (2), tied by Shanghai bilibgual c.d.s., with Shanghai registration label, has been censored by Germany and England. Also 1918 (29 Jul.) a cover from England to Shanghai "Percy Liddell" , bearing 2 and 1/2p. franking, tied by Chepstow c.d.s., 12 Sep arrival at Shanghai.
William Oswald Liddell ( born 9 Sep. 1881), was the eldest son of Charles Oswald Liddell, founder of firm of Liddell Brothers, Hide and Skin Merchants of Shanghai and Tientsin and father of Ian Percy Oswald Liddell (born 19 Oct. 1920 in Shanghai) who, whilst serving in the Coldstream Guards, was killed in a acting in Germany in April 1945, and posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest decoration for gallantry.


1918039年實寄封2件：1，18年英國寄上海封，貼英國郵票3枚，銷7月29日戳，有上海英國客郵局9月12日到達戳，另蓋上海英國客郵局宣傳有，內容為買戰爭公債；2，9，3Ian上海寄英國掛號封，貼港版烈士50分2枚，銷上海1月4日戳，經德國及英國檢查，貼兩國檢查條，均保存完好

Estimate
HK$600 to HK$1,000

Sale CSS40 Notices
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