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Lot# 1425 - Auction 291-297

  • Lot# : 1425 Imperial China

    1941: Japanese Occupation SHANTUNG, $1 sepia and red brown, die II, small setting, 50 c green and 13 c green (2) all large setting on postal stationery card from TSINGTAOU to a German internee on Sumatra from his fiancee in Tsingtaou. The letter is endorsed "Air throughout via Bangkok" and bears four different censor marks. According to handwritten notes the letter took around fourty days to arrive. A most unusual letter to an internee camp accross half of Asia.
    Starting bid : 300.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900.00 CHF