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Auction: CSS46 - Fine Stamps of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 6411

China
Covers and Cancellations
Air Mail
International

From Occupied Areas: 1940 (11 Mar.) printed air mail envelope to New York bearing $4.53 franking tied by Hankow Chinese/English dotted c.d.s. with Bank of Indochine handstamp on the reverse; pays 28c. domestic air mail and $3.75 international air mail. Also 1940 (26 July) printed air mail envelope to France bearing $1.20 franking tied by Tientsin c.d.s. and bears the straight-line handstamp "via pekin-shanghai-hongkong/to france"; pays 70c. domestic airmail and 50c. international; vertical fold and fragment missing from the reverse. Scarce airmail fees. (2 covers)


Estimate
HK$800 to HK$1,000