1938 (July 1) registered airmail cover sent from Shanghai to Switzerland

China / Republic (1911-1949)

1938 (July 1) registered airmail cover sent from Shanghai to Switzerland, franked on front 1932-37 Third Peking print Air Mail issue, 15c. deep green, horizontal pair, 50c. chocolate, $1 yellow green and $2 brown, tied by five strikes of SHANGHAI .1.7.38/15 cds, affixed with a registration label in red overprinted “SHANGHAI S.O. 23” boxed handstamp in violet and a “PAR AVION” label in blue, on reverse with another SHANGHAI 1.7.38/18 cds, REGISTERED G.P.O. HONG-KONG 9 JY 38 transit cds, four different Switzerland arrival cds’s, including AMB. MILANO DOMODOS. 67 (SEZ. D) 18.3.38 and GENEVE-1 DISTR. LETTRES 1 18. VII. 38-9 cds’s, also affixed with a similar blue airmail label. Cover roughly opened at bottom, creased and torn on back affecting one cds only. Start price $100

Condition: Cover roughly opened at bottom, creased and torn on back affecting one cds only

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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction

Auction 17

August 17 - 27, 2021

United States , Huntersville , NC

The Big Zemstvo Auction #2 brings rare stamps, multiples, sheets and chronology from the Don Olson collection. Soviet airmail, Russian postal history, Third Reich propaganda, the German occupation of Lithuania, and rare Polish and Chinese stamps join it.

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The Big Zemstvo Auction 2: Don Olson Collection (Rare Stamps, Multiples, Sheets)

Lots 1 - 634

Closed on Aug 17

The Big Zemstvo Auction 2: Don Olson Collection (Chronology)

Lots 635 - 1135

Closed on Aug 18

Soviet Airmail & Rare Postal History of Russia