By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
lot # 5825 - China
China: 1941, Air mail envelope addressed to Belgium bearing China SG 480, S5 green and scarlet and S
1941, Air mail envelope addressed to Belgium bearing China SG 480, S5 green and scarlet and SG 524, 40c orange (2) tied by Shanghai date stamp '14th Oct. 41' endorsed 'via Clipper' routed via Hong-Kong with 'Opened by Censor' tape tied by boxed '108' in violet with circular 'Air Transit/3' handstamp in turquoise on face with German censor tape tied by circular German censor cachet in red and bilingual instructional 'trace de Timbres/Spoor Van Frankeering' in violet (Trace of franking). A very interesting cover as the postman has noticed a stamp detached and struck his chop over it (374/A) and m/s on reverse 'missing one stamp and signed by the postmaster. The stamp was probably removed for censorship in China
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