Auction #23

China, 1920 (May 7), Tientsin to Peking First Experimental Flight (Starr-Mills 1), 1¢ Chinese Imperial postal card, uprated with 3¢ Junk issue, each tied by bold strike of appropriate, boxed "Chinese Post Office / Despatched by Aeroplane / Tientsin to Peking" chop, with "Received by Aeroplane" boxed handstamp applied at Peking. Reverse shows a second strike of the first mentioned chop, with the card address "To the Honorable Special Commissioners, Aerial Derby Around World, Peking, China", wonderfully fresh; light vertical central fold, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate HK$ 10,000 - 12,000.