Lot 3431

1943 Kunming (3 Nov) to USA. Airmail registered cover, f.w. Martyrs surch 20c/21c in pair + SYS x3, in total of $33.4 for international airmail registered letter rate, tied by Kunming bilingual cds. Transit Calcutta, censored and re-sealed. Arrived New York (7 Jan). Cover opened out for display. Outgoing commerical usage of Yunnan surch 20c stamps is rather scarce.

1943.11.3 昆明寄美國。航空掛號封，貼烈士改值2角蓋2角1分雙連 + 孫像3枚，合33元4角，合國際航空掛號郵資，銷昆明三格點線漢英日戳。經加爾各答，檢查並重封。1.7抵紐約。封剖開以作展示。貼用雲南改值2角票寄國外郵例少見。