Lot 1941

1930. Lyon (4 Apr) to Canton. Arrived Can- ton (12 May) but annotated addressee “left for France”, therefore applied with cachets “LEFT”, “REBUTS”, “RETOUR À L’EN- VOYEUR” by Returned Letter Office Canton with datestamp (16 [inverted] Jun). Returned to Lyon (20 Jul). Rare inter-war returned letter with full procedure documented.

1930.4.4 法國里昂寄往廣州，5.12到達後，注 明“收信人已囘法國”，郵局加上退信條，蓋 上離開和退回戳記， 和少見的“廣州退信局“ 方戳(6.16[日期倒置])，7.20回到里昂。難 得的兩次世界大戰之間的退信，手續齊全!