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

Type: Cover, Postal History

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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #20

Auction 20

December 3 - 18, 2021

United States , Huntersville , NC

Our 20th Philatelic Auction consists of more than 7,450 lots of the rarest stamps and postal history items of Russia, Germany, China, United States, Ukraine, Poland, Armenia, and other countries. A lot of large specialized collections are presented: United States Locals & Carriers, Germany Occupations, Ukraine of all periods, Third Big Zemstvo Auction, Russian Post Offices in Mongolia, and more. $1 start on all lots!

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Print Errors of The World, Poland, Baltic States

Lots 1 - 441

Closed on Dec 3

China & United States Locals

Lots 442 - 851

Closed on Dec 4

Russian Empire & Offices in Mongolia, Levant, China