Lot 298

1944 Chungking (7 Aug) to USA. WWII censor cover, f.w. Paicheng Print SYS $10 + $20 in vertical pair and strip of 5 with horizontal imperf and extra right margin variety + $1 + $2 + $5, in total of $158, tied by Chungking bilingual cds. Censored and resealed. Arrived USA (Sep). Imperf vertical strip of 5 was not recorded and probably the only existing example on commerically used cover.

1944.8.7 重慶寄美國。二戰檢查封，背貼百城凹版孫像10元 + 20元直雙連 + 直五連（兩件均帶橫縫漏齒兼右寬邊變異）+ 百城凸版1元 + 2元 + 5元，合158元，銷重慶三格點線日戳。檢查並重封。9月抵美國。直五連橫縫漏齒未見於目錄中，可能為實寄孤例。